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Richard Engel

Every child is taught if you try to please everyone, you end up upsetting everyone.

— Richard Engel you

Every war has its demons.

— Richard Engel war

Fences and walls can be effective and even soothing, at least for those who build them.

— Richard Engel

We're all bloggers and punks and rebels with cameras. There is absolutely no respect for career journalists anymore.

— Richard Engel respect

Ethnically, Tuareg describe themselves as white. And they don't look Arab or black. Many Tuareg have light skin, light eyes and sharp angular noses and cheekbones. They are cousins of the Berbers of North Africa. Some legends say the Tuareg are the decedents of an ancient Roman legion that disappeared into the desert two millennia ago.

— Richard Engel light

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.

— Richard Engel hope

Osama bin Laden organized an attack that was carried out against the United States, New York, Pentagon, and the other aircraft, with 19 attackers, 19 guys with box cutters. An attack that probably cost almost nothing.

— Richard Engel wit

'Shabiha' is a difficult word to translate into English. It comes from the word Syrians used to describe the luxury Mercedes favored by the Assad family's operatives that the enforcers of the regime used to move money, smuggle weapons and intimidate opponents.

— Richard Engel family

Shaped like Texas, but twice as big, Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world. It exports almost nothing - mostly just cotton, gold and livestock - and doesn't have enough money to import much of anything, either.

— Richard Engel money

The dangers of an Afghan collapse are many: Afghan deaths, a loss of American prestige, a loss of NATO prestige, a moral blow to U.S. troops and veterans, a Taliban resurgence, huge setbacks for women, and greater power for Pakistan and Pakistani extremists.

— Richard Engel death

Insurgencies are easy to make and hard to stop. Only a few ingredients need to combine to create an insurgency; like oxygen and fire, they're very common and mix all too often. The recipe is, simply, a legitimate grievance against a state, a state that refuses to compromise, a quorum of angry people, and access to weapons.

— Richard Engel people

The U.S. spent billions of dollars to build a secular, professional national Iraqi army but failed because, despite all the U.S.-supplied guns, tanks and planes, the Iraqi military fell apart when challenged by a band of terrorists.

— Richard Engel art

9/11 was a terrible, horrific, tragic day.

— Richard Engel day

A lot of Iran's empowerment is a result of the war in Iraq.

— Richard Engel war

Assad's regime helped ISIS grow by attacking other opposition forces and rarely targeting ISIS.

— Richard Engel sad

Each time there is a conflict between Israel and Gaza, accusations fly over who started it, each side blaming the other.

— Richard Engel time

Egypt has a devout population. People go out, they pray, they fast.

— Richard Engel pray

For many foreign fighters, the jihad in Iraq and Syria is a commuter war.

— Richard Engel war

Foreign aid projects have pumped billions of dollars into the Afghan economy.

— Richard Engel economy

I have seen heroics - soldiers saving other soldiers' lives - and horrors.

— Richard Engel horror

I think it's really important to start thinking about infrastructure as essential national security.

— Richard Engel art

If democracy brings an undemocratic group to power, is that a victory for democracy?

— Richard Engel power

ISIS controls a territory roughly the size of Maryland where 8 million people live. If it's attacked and toppled, who will fill the void?

— Richard Engel people

Kidnapping is always a threat in this life of reporting on men hurting one another because of religion and politics.

— Richard Engel life

Many governments are quick to condemn Assad, but a dwindling number of them would celebrate a rebel victory in Damascus.

— Richard Engel men

Israel is becoming a fortress. Fences along the borders with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.

— Richard Engel wit

Kidnapping is always a threat in this life of reporting on men hurting one another because of religion and politics.

— Richard Engel life

The U.S. spent billions of dollars to build a secular, professional national Iraqi army but failed because, despite all the U.S.-supplied guns, tanks and planes, the Iraqi military fell apart when challenged by a band of terrorists.

— Richard Engel art

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