Lawrence Eagleburger Quotes
Somewhere, sometime, somehow, some way these people will have to answer for their acts.
Referring to the Serbian atrocities in Bosnia:
Lawrence Eagleburger, Secretary of State (Republican), Testimony, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, March 11, 1993
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He was a brutal, sadistic war criminal who was assassinated by one of his many enemies in 2000 before he could be brought to trial.
Mehmet Talaat Pasha was one of the national leaders who adopted the policy of extermination of the Armenians. The Christian Armenians, a minority in Turkey and its lands, were discriminated against like other non-Muslim minorities in the Ottoman Empire. But during the Turkish War with Russia, some Armenians defected and served on the Russian side. Many Turkish citizens took revenge on Armenians by means of murder and torture. Soon, the extermination of the Armenians became the official “Young Turk” government policy.
There were many citizens who were very dubious about Dutero. In addition to his wildly flamboyant oratory, he advocated the exta judicial killing o suspected drug dealers, and as a mayor had actually personally murdered a few as an example for the police who were at first reluctant.
Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger was an American statesman and career diplomat, who served briefly as the Secretary of State under President George H. W. Bush. Previously, he had served in lesser capacities under Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan, and as Deputy Secretary of State under George H. W. Bush. Eagleburger is the only career Foreign Service Officer to have served as Secretary of State.
