The Middle East is a region where predictions go to die.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
Put simply, the Bush administration policy in the Middle East is continuing to fail.
Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.
The Middle East is not part of the world that plays by Las Vegas rules: What happens in the Middle East is not going to stay in the Middle East.
Is there going to be a peace in the Middle East? Not in my lifetime.
The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.
It is no exaggeration to say that Syria holds the key for nearly all of America's foreign policy goals in the Middle East. As Syria goes, so goes the region.
There is little doubt that an unstable Syria will destabilize the whole Middle East.
You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.
The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there.