#terrorism

Since I speak and write about this a good deal, I am often asked at public meetings, in what sometimes seems to me a rather prurient way, whether I myself or my family have 'ever been threatened' by jihadists. My answer is that yes, I have, and so has everyone else in the audience, if they have paid enough attention to the relevant bin-Ladenist broadcasts to notice the fact. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#islamism #jihadism #osama-bin-laden #personal-questions #terrorism

Surely no issue unites us more than our appreciation for our military personnel who are bringing aid to devastated countries, defending us against terrorism, and fighting to make a free election possible in Iraq. ↗

— Christine Gregoire

#aid #appreciation #bringing #countries #defending

Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#complex #cynical #exploitation #extreme #global

The clever, albeit fragile, coalition against terrorism brought together by the U.S. government might be able to advance the transition from classical international law to a cosmopolitan order. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

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Because our homeland and very survival are once more at stake, the American people can't afford to treat this new war against terrorism like they did Vietnam. ↗

— David Hackworth

#against #american #american people #because #did

Terrorism, too, must be excised wherever it exists, which will take years, and which can't happen without the total commitment and the everyday involvement of the American people. ↗

— David Hackworth

#american people #commitment #everyday #exists #happen

Protecting Americans from nuclear terrorism rises above politics. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#nuclear #politics #protecting #rises #terrorism

Putting together a counter- terrorism policy, it's very easy to look at law enforcement or defense, military action or stopping the money flows or whatever, but the really difficult part is integrating all aspects of the policy, and I think she put a lot of emphasis on that. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#aspects #defense #difficult #easy #emphasis

The war against terrorism is terrorism. ↗

— Woody Harrelson

#terrorism #war

Those who committed these cowardly acts may believe that they have shaken our resolve to defeat terrorism. They could not be more wrong. ↗

— Doc Hastings

#believe #committed #could #cowardly #defeat