War on Terrorism Quotes
- While U.S. leaders may frame the conflict as a war on terrorism, people in the Islamic world clearly perceive the U.S. as being at war with Islam. - View Quote Details on While U.S. leaders may frame the conflict as a war…
- On one hand we go like hell for every terror cell we can find, we penetrate it, we destroy it. On the other hand, there is a much bigger need for a political solution. - View Quote Details on On one hand we go like hell for every terror…
- I’ll give you an example of (George Bush’s) war on terror. He’s spent something like almost a trillion dollars. The estimates are that anything up to a million people have died and has he made the world a safer place? In my opinion he’s made the world a far more dangerous place. These are now nurseries for future terrorists. - View Quote Details on I’ll give you an example of (George Bush’s) war on…
- To operate an intelligence network against the Islamist terror is terribly difficult because they don’t have a central command and control center such as we would understand. Therefore you cannot penetrate at the top and find out what will happen on the ground. - View Quote Details on To operate an intelligence network against the Islamist terror is…
- You can’t make war against terror. Terror is a technique of battle. It’s a tactic that has been employed since time immemorial. You can conduct clandestine action against terrorists, and that must be done. - View Quote Details on You can’t make war against terror. Terror is a technique…
- President Bush has consistently argued that Iraq is the central front in the War on Terror. Al Qaeda leaders describe it the same way, which is why they are trying to use murder and mayhem to provoke sectarian violence, foment chaos, and create a safe haven for terror. Defeating al Qaeda has been central to our new strategy in Iraq from day one and will continue to be. - View Quote Details on President Bush has consistently argued that Iraq is the central…
- Though one person’s terrorist is another person’s freedom fighter, terrorists do what the name suggests: they seek to strike terror into the hearts of their enemies by killings that blur distinctions between soldiers and civilians. Terrorists are conventionally defined as non-state actors, but they are matched by “state terrorists”—states doing the same thing. - View Quote Details on Though one person’s terrorist is another person’s freedom fighter, terrorists…
- The so called war against terrorism is in fact a war between two fanaticisms. One is theocratic, the other positivist and secular. One is the fervent belief of a defensive minority, the other the unquestioned assumption of an amorphous, confident elite. One sets out to kill, the other plunders, leaves and lets die. One is strict and the other lax. One brooks no argument, the other ‘communicates and tries to spin into every corner of the world. One claims the right to spill innocent blood, the other to sell the earth’s entire water. Outrageous to compare them.” - View Quote Details on The so called war against terrorism is in fact a…
- Al-Qaeda do not believe that the war is restricted only to the area where they come under attack. They believe they attack the enemy – as they define them as enemy – wherever they are, the way America fights against Al-Qaeda wherever they are. So they are both involved in acts of terrorism. I believe the camp of the West, which is led by George Bush… He is the head of the terrorists, or terrorism, in that non-Muslim camp. And the same thing with the Islamic camp – the head of that Islamic camp is Osama bin Laden. It’s another act of terrorism and violence. Both of them are involved in acts of terrorism. Each one justifies it. One justifies it in the name of man – sovereignty for man – and one justifies it in the name of - View Quote Details on Al-Qaeda do not believe that the war is restricted only…
- In the war on terror we did everything wrong that we could have done. - View Quote Details on In the war on terror we did everything wrong that…
- There is a big difference between fighting the cold war and fighting radical Islam. The rules have changed and we haven’t. - View Quote Details on There is a big difference between fighting the cold war…
- We were not faced (in the cold war) in a conflict with people who are prepared to die for their cause. We weren’t in conflict with people whose idea is to kill as many as they could. - View Quote Details on We were not faced (in the cold war) in a…
- “All actions have consequences, and all nations, like individuals are ultimately held accountable for their actions. I felt that waging war in Iraq would have the consequence of harming America, not making it safer, both in the short and long term.” - View Quote Details on “All actions have consequences, and all nations, like individuals are…
- There are some Arabs who think that the Germans did the right thing by the Jews. This makes it easy to recruit Arab terrorist. - View Quote Details on There are some Arabs who think that the Germans did…
- Because we are so unfamiliar with the motivation of the people we are dealing with, we are more afraid of them than we need to be. - View Quote Details on Because we are so unfamiliar with the motivation of the…
- I Define a “terrorist” as a non-state actor who attacks civilian targets in order to strike terror into the hearts of the enemy community.. A “state terrorist” is a state doing the same thing. - View Quote Details on I Define a “terrorist” as a non-state actor who attacks…
- You know, terror is an idea. You don’t fight an idea with a conventional Army. To win a war on terror you have to win the hearts and minds of people from whom, from where the terrorists are operating from. If you win their hearts and mind and get them on your side, you’ll win the war. If those people start regarding the terrorists as freedom fighters, history has told us that you can’t win the war. - View Quote Details on You know, terror is an idea. You don’t fight an…
- I think they very much see the world in a black and white way, us against them, Muslims against infidels. - View Quote Details on I think they very much see the world in a…
About War on Terrorism
The War on Terrorism, the War Against Terror, or War on Terror is an umbrella term used by the Bush administration to refer to the various military, political, and legal actions taken to curb the spread of terrorism.
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