The success of the Allies in the west was in a measure offset by Teutonic victories in the east. When the invasion of Belgium began, Russia made immediate efforts to counteract by invasion of East Prussia.
I love the Middle East and have been lucky enough to visit a few of the countries like Egypt, Lebanon, Jordon and the U.A.E.
The truth is, about the Middle East is, had there been no oil there, it would be like Africa. Nobody is threatening to intervene in Africa.
If you owe a dog anything, call him "sir."
A huge amount of what goes on in the Middle East has to do with people being fed really bad information.
A central claim of the Bush administration's foreign policy is that the spread of democracy in the Middle East is the cure for terrorism.
I'm sort of East Coast, so I like the off-white and the navy blues and the low-key preppy kind of thing.
The fake republics are goners; the monarchies have a fighting chance. That's my conclusion after a short visit to the Middle East and discussions with officials and analysts there.
While shooting 'The Unit', I went to the Middle East twice to see the troops. I met some great men and women.
American power in the Middle East is collapsing. It doesn't need much more than a shove, and it will - and that's not going to be a good thing.
I believe the government of the United States should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause.
When it comes to the Middle East, this is always a very difficult issue for any American president.
I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.
Here's a notion: Peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were governed by women.
With the backdrop of its geostrategic location and historical ties with the Middle East, Turkey has an essential role to play for the stability, peace and social development of the region.
Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes.
Those looking from Europe see Turkey as an economic success, whereas others from the Middle East see Turkey as a democratic success.
Bertier: Left side! Big Ju: Strong Side! Bertier: Left side! Big Ju: Strong Side! Bertier: Left side! Big Ju: Strong Side!
One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.
It is almost impossible to overemphasize the importance with which ancestry is held in the Middle East and North Africa.
East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State.
