18 Quotes by Edward Walker

There has been a lot of movement of people of one sect or another into certain branches of the military or the police. We've tried, but it's hard to integrate them. But I don't see that there's any mood to integrate at this point.

We had a great amount of cooperation with the Jordanians on the intelligence side, and with the Turks as well, so we were getting value out of the relationship,

To me, lighting really sets the mood for a room, ... A 40 watt bulb in a cheap lamp is the same as a 40 watt bulb in an expensive one.

a training ground for democracy in which the candidates ... actually had to campaign, to get out the vote. These are all skills that Egypt doesn't have in large measures, and they are going to be critical if a real opposition will develop.

Ruling parties don't give up power voluntarily. They have to be defeated at the polls, and they have to be defeated by a better organized, more charismatic leader, a better campaign and even better shady tactics -- whatever it takes.

This is something that's been leaning in this direction for some time, and the mosque incident has accelerated the process. What we're talking about is people looking out for their own. I don't think it can be turned around.

It's expected that you reward your own. It goes down to the tribal base of these societies. You don't have a sense of nationalism.

Don't buy a $300 sofa and think it will last for years, ... Go ahead and buy the more expensive one, and down the road you can have it reupholstered. I'm getting ready to reupholster my sofa, which I've had for more than 12 years.

general tension in the region and the feeling that there was a requirement or a need for a new review of the security situation in general in Yemen.