Paul Cellucci Quotes
Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.
Cellucci, Paul. "Remarks to the Economic Club of Toronto." Economic Club of Toronto, 25 Mar. 2003, Toronto, ON. Speech.
He argues that even if the concession to terrorists is seemingly small, there is much greater damage in that the minimal concession will also stimulate more attempts to gain other victories. See {629723} for his complementary statement on dealing with terrorists.
The German Green party was traditionally a left wing party, very concerned with civil rights and generally opposed to repressive use of police and military. However, faced with terrorism, the party would consider what under circumstances other than terror would have been unthinkable.
He and the government had just given the OK for a targeted assassination of the Palestinian terrorist who had designed the bombs and recruited the suicide bombers which led to the deaths of over 100 Israelis. Shortly thereafter, a cell phone the engineer was using blew up killing him by the same method whereby he had killed so many. This was the first targeted assassination of terrorist leaders, which then became an operational policy.
Argeo Paul Cellucci was an American politician and diplomat from Massachusetts. A Republican, he served as the 69th governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2001, and as the United States Ambassador to Canada from 2001 to 2005. He also served as the state's 68th lieutenant governor from 1991 to 1999, as well as in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate from 1977 to 1991.
