David Furnish Quotes
Putin is lovely.
Kissinger had observed in his unpopular view that he was saying exactly what the George W. Bush administration had officially said on several occasions. This response is quoted by those who use it as an example of how low the reputation of the George W. Bush administration had sank with America’s foreign allies. Kissinger was seen as a much more important and influential factor despite the fact that he had been out of office for over two decades. At the time, many American allies had given up on Bush and because he was so unpopular with Americans as well as foreigners, they assumed that his statements would not represent American policy or opinion as soon as Bush’s term was over. The new President of whichever party would, it was assumed, repudiate most of the Bush actions and try and rebuild America’s shattered reputation. In that scenario, Kissinger’s views would not only be more representative of American positions than that of Bush and his diplomatic representatives.
She was referring to the fact that the military dictator of Pakistan would take billions of dollars of aid to facilitate Pakistan’s efforts in fighting the Islamic fundamentalist terrorists in Pakistan and Afghanistan. However, much of the money went into the pockets of corrupt government and military officials. The remainder strengthened the military somewhat but the Pakistanis used their military to pressure India—not to fight Islamic terrorists. The Pakistani military intelligence units actually assisted the worst of the Islamic terrorist organization so they could use them to launch terror attacks against Hindu India. Bhutto was running for the Presidency to change that; she was assassinated. Her husband won, and Pakistan for the first time has begun to fight back against the terrorists, but still protected those terrorists who would kill innocent civilians in India.
David James Furnish is a Canadian filmmaker and former advertising executive. He is married to English musician Sir Elton John.
