As we move toward a new Middle East, over the years and, I think, over the decades to come, we will make a lot of people very nervous.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle.
Everyone in the Middle East pretty much wants to come and be an American citizen, but pretty much everybody is angry with the U. S. foreign policy.
We've gone too far in thinking we can re-create an American democratic paradise in the Middle East.
I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of.
Americans look at the Middle East as a source of trauma because of 9/11. At the same time, I could see the fear going on in the Middle East as well - which would be the next country to be invaded or sanctioned? Being around those tensions was traumatic for me.
Our safety requires a long-term military presence in the Middle East because that's where the plans to attack us are emanating.
Is there going to be a peace in the Middle East? Not in my lifetime.
We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.
When it comes to the Middle East, this is always a very difficult issue for any American president.
The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there.