“I don’t believe in the theory that the United States is reducing its presence in the Middle East.”

The longer it takes, the worse it will get.

Show me one Iranian diplomat we killed! I can show you many Saudi diplomats who were killed by Iran.

we will be prepared to participate with special forces.

We have no interest in seeing an unstable Yemen or seeing a Yemen that is devastated.

That would be a different story. But I don’t think World War III is going to happen in Syria.

Why would we not want to fight an ideology whose objective is to kill us?

The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted.

So we responded, as part of a coalition, at the request of the legitimate government of Yemen, and we stepped in to support them.

When monarchies were collapsing in a number of countries, we had radicals and we had Nasserism.

We can’t do both. If you want us to lead, don’t criticize us.

We have no issue with seeking to develop the best terms we can with Iran.

We have a legal system, and we have a penal code.

Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state.

Even the disagreement over Syria is more of a tactical one than a strategic one.

Our concern is that Iran will use the income it receives as a result of the lifting of the nuclear sanctions in order to fund its nefarious activities in the region.

And if you want us to play a supporting role, then tell us who is going to lead.