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I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.

Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally and discredited within Syria.

I would not be surprised to see Syria break apart entirely.

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

If Syria collapses completely, the United States and the world would have to consider who, and what, fills the vacuum.

We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue.

The presence of jihadis in Syria should be no surprise.

At some point, there is going to be a terrorist diaspora out of Syria like we've never seen before.

The fate of Syria hangs in the balance, but it is entirely possible that the fall of the Assad regime will result in anarchy and cause Syria to turn into a second Afghanistan, a base for anti-Israel terrorism.

There is no one leader that's going to unify all of Syria that suddenly everyone is going to go, 'Yes, that's a logical place.' They're not unified. They don't have a setup succession like we do in the United States.