Matteo Renzi Quotes

ISIS filled the vacuum in Iraq and Syria created by a lack of effective governance.

Iraq is fighting a war against terrorism. We are trying our best to fight them. We are trying our best to fight outlaws in our country.

This war on terrorism is going to continue for an indefinite period of time.

The war being fought in Afghanistan and Iraq is bringing about a fundamental change to the environment that has given rise and power to the extremists who export terrorism.

And we need to maintain our foothold in the fight against terrorism and terrorist groups and respond to any degradation of Iraqi security or stability.

There is no question that Iraq is one of the main problems. You'd have to be blind not to see what a magnet and generating force it's become for terrorist groups.

More terrorists and extremists have been captured or killed in Pakistan than in any place in the world.

Terrorism often finds a home in states mired in civil war …

Syria is hosting the most dangerous terrorist organizations.

We can't afford to leave Afghanistan to the Taliban and the terrorists.

Syria is attracting a lot more Westerners than the Iraq War ever did because it's the perfect Sunni jihad.

I've often said that the ISIS-Syria-Iraq mess is about as bad as it could be.

This is a war against terrorists. Not a war against a religion, but a war against terrorists.

The road ahead is not easy. Iraq is currently the center of the war on terror.

We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.

The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time.

The presence of jihadis in Syria should be no surprise.

I never call it an insurgency. I call it terrorism.

Egypt needs law and order in Sinai to save the tourist industry in Sharm el-Sheik and prevent the area from becoming a base for terrorists that will target Egypt itself, as well as Jordan and Israel.

The war on terror is a struggle that will last for generations.

When it is over, if it is over, this war will have horrible consequences. Instead of having one Bin Laden, we will have 100 Bin Ladens.

The Middle East conflict has become the locus of the final war between Muslims and the West

The entire world is the front line for terrorism.

We are at war with Al Qaeda and its affiliates.

Nigeria may have contained Ebola, but keeping Boko Haram from establishing an Islamic State will be a hard and bloody fight.