"Afghanistan has once more earned the title, “Graveyard of Empires.”

"The original plan to dominate Iraq’s oil and set up US bases there to rule the Mideast has so far failed, and at titanic cost. As we look back on this epic folly and again hear calls for war against Iran, we hear the famed words of King Pyrrhus of Epirus, “one more such victory and we are lost."

"Ever since the days of George W. Bush, US policy in the Muslim world has been driven by a combination of imperial arrogance and profound ignorance. Well, here we go again with Pakistan. Hardly any senior members of the Obama administration understand complex Pakistan."

-- " ..but the United States-and history-do not look favorably upon tyrants who murder their own people, unless they do it in Bahrain and Yemen and kill them in acceptably low numbers........"

"CAIRO Feb 13 (Reuters) - Egypt's new military rulers will issue a warning on Sunday against anyone who creates "chaos and disorder", an army source said.The Higher Military Council will also ban meetings by labour unions or professional syndicates, effectively forbidding strikes, and tell all Egyptians to get back to work after the unrest that toppled Hosni Mubarak."