P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

Iraq is a terrible place. Some fool American is going to come out here and try to redesign it

The situation in Iraq will be long, it will be expensive and it will be difficult. But in the end, Iraq will very much be worth it.

Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.

I think it is absolutely correct to solve the problem of terrorism in Iraq and Syria and Libya.

To achieve something in Afghanistan is difficult; to maintain it is much more difficult.

We must be cognizant of the fact that the absence of economic rationality and perpetual political instability in our societies prevent us from fully benefiting from our resources as well as capabilities. In the extreme case, we find ourselves in devastating wars. Our conflict-ridden geography has substantially undercut our ability to develop economically. Natural wealth, including oil revenues has been wasted and the focus of attention has been other than human development

The occupation of Iraq is completely self-perpetuating: The worse things get the more we are obliged to stay. And the longer we stay the worse things get.

We toppled the Taliban government in Afghanistan without thinking of what is next.

Libya is a huge disaster.

In the Middle East, we don't have the luxury to indulge in fantasy.

Around us in the Middle East there is total chaos. I'm not willing to give up on my land for this chaos.

I think about Syria when I go to bed at night.

In the current situation, it is very difficult for foreign NGOs to work in Somalia because it is so unstable and dangerous. I really hope that my country will one day rise out of this mess and reach the potential it has.

Iraq is not about oil.

For years, Lebanese have known that Palestinian camps like Nahr al-Barid and Ain al-Helwe - hopeless slums crowded with generations of disenfranchised Palestinian refugees who can't go home because of Israel, and can't work because of Lebanese laws - are awash with gunmen, criminals and, since the war in Iraq, al-Qaida inspired jihadists.

I'm concerned about getting Iraq on its feet.

I think the suffering, violence and cruelty and Guantanamo and the rest is going to go on and on in Iraq.

Iraq is falling apart.

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

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

We have to bring stability to Iraq, otherwise we will be faced with a future dilemma of sending our loved ones into harms way to stop a civil war or the rise of a new tyrant born from the instability that we created.

It is conflict overall that mires people in poverty. That is the first law of development.

ISIS is in many ways a creation of the Syrian regime.

I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president of a republic at war.

What we now have in Iraq is a defeat.