George W. Bush Quotes
I understand why people are discouraged about Iraq. I can understand that. We live in a, you know, world in which people hope things happen quickly. And this is a situation where things don't happen quickly because there's, you know, a very tough group of people using tactics - mainly the killing of innocent people - to achieve their objective, and they're skillful about how they do this. And they also know the impact of what it means on the consciousness of those of us who live in the free world. They know that.
Bush, George W. Press Conference. Washington, D.C., 11 Oct. 2006.
Mahathir, in his moral assessment, fails to come to grips with the fact that the Coalition forces in their Afghan and Iraq activities attempt to kill and injure as few people as possible to accomplish their objective. The terrorists attempt to kill and injure as many people as possible. In the September 11 attack, the buildings could have been attacked late at night so there would be few casualties, and in Bali they could have bombed the facility after it had closed instead of waiting until there was the largest audience. And the terrorist bombs include nails, rat poison, and other additional material designed not to do more building damage, but to kill and maim more people which is their specific objective. Most wars have collateral damage and the parties are required to make a good faith attempt to minimize that. But the terrorists not only make no attempt, but make strong efforts to kill as many as possible. That is a huge moral and ethical distinction.
If we can reach unity between all the components of the people, the canals of terrorism will dry up.
Nouri Kamel Mohammed Hassan al-Maliki. This quotation is very ironic. Maliki was a Shiite Muslim—one of the majority in Iraq that had been ruled by the brutal regime of the minority Sunnis. When the United States invaded Iraq and deposed Saddam Hussein and his Sunni regime. Once elected to office he frequently made statements like this urging a pluralistic society which included the Shiites, the Sunnis, and the Kurds. However he became more and more of a dictator {640493} and did everything possible to discriminate against and oppress the minority Sunnis and Kurds. His statements of ethnic and religious unity were made to keep obtaining American and other international aid.
George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. He was born into the Bush family; his father, George H. W. Bush, was the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993.
