You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.
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Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.
The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there.
Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
For me, it's not an option to despair. The question is: what can we do to make someone's life better? Take the unimaginable strides made in places like Bosnia, where I cut my teeth, and Rwanda. Their stories aren't perfect, but I wouldn't have dreamt they could happen in a million years.
You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism.
They say in the Middle East a pessimist is simply an optimist with experience.
You will not really have durable peace without a proper security structure in the Middle East.
When you project weakness throughout the world, and you have a failed foreign policy, this is what you get. And now we have chaos in the Middle East, have ISIS taking over Iraq, Syria, Northern Africa, Egypt.
Oh, it's essential. I mean, you have to - if I'm writing about the Middle East, I have to go there, and if possible, stay long enough to get a real feeling for what's going on.
It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world.
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