Donald Trump Quotes

The victor of the war in Iraq is Iran.

Doesn't it seem awfully strange that the Iraqi government we support is an ally of the Iranians who are our declared enemies? Are we not now supporting the Iranians by propping up their allies in Iraq?

Iran is undertaking a massive effort to expand its influence in southern Iraq. At the same time, that influence decreases the more the political process in Iraq progresses.

Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability.

I think Syria is in a particularly sensitive geopolitical position in terms of the politics of the Middle East.

I just think everything we do has an unintended consequence. We take out Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Iraq was the check against Iran.

I think it's reality that Iran is going to have influence in Iraq. All elements of Iraq accepted that.

It is still worth talking to Iran to see if there is a way through and to prevent the huge rivalry between Saudi and Iran turning into another version of the Iran-Iraq war. That is what all countries that have influence have to be thinking about.

Fundamentally, we have to recognize that Iran is not a partner.

Syria is a problem, but Iran is a bigger problem.

Iran's stance has always been clear on this ugly phenomenon (Israel). We have repeatedly said that this cancerous tumor of a state should be removed from the region. No one will allow a bunch of thugs, lechers and outcasts from London, America and Moscow to rule over the Palestinians.

It is the mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to erase Israel from the map of the region.

Iran is a great problem, but not necessarily a great country. In fact, I think it is a very weak country.

Before there was the Soviet Union that could inflame matters. Now you have states not as powerful as the Soviet Union, but states like Iraq, like Iran, and to some extent Syria, having made it possible for some of these groups to operate. So it is a very difficult situation.

Look, Iraq and Iran would fight for years and years and years, it went on forever. They were almost identical strengths, and the line would never move, right? Then they would go home and rest for ten years and then they would start fighting and they'd rest, that was it. We knocked out one of those two pegs, and so now Iran is taking over.

If you really look at the aftermath of Iraq, Iran is going to be taking over Iraq. They've been doing it. And it's not a pretty picture.

Iran is taking over Iraq. They've been trying to for many, many decades. And now they're finally taking over Iraq. As we sit here, they're taking over Iraq. We get nothing.

Iraq is not about oil.

I've covered Israel just as I cover other politics.

Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.

Years ago, I predicted that Iran would take over Iraq. Iran and Iraq used to fight back and forth.

Anybody who believes that we can democratize Iran, Iraq and Syria by military force is living in a fantasy world.

We are caught in the Middle East in supporting the bad guys in order to get rid of the worse guys.

The Iranians are not part of the “axis of Evil”. They are part of the axis of Medieval.

These four mongrels are supposed to be our defense against Communism and the extremes of Arab Nationalism in the Middle East.