Richard N. Haass Quotes
Terrorism is a decentralized phenomenon - in its funding, planning, and execution.
Haass, Richard N. A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order. Penguin Press, 2017.
Description of those members of the Republican Congressional Caucus who wanted to shut down the government by not appropriating any money. Lemmings are rodents who follow each other even into great danger or death. If some run to a cliff and fall off, the others behind them will follow.
Some of the Prophet’s followers by modern standards were very violent and urged attacks on innocent people in order to intimidate others. He was expelled from his Egyptian university and arrested, tried and found guilty of “holding religion in contempt”. Which is a crime in most Islamic countries. He also “insulted” the President. He is the first blogger to have been jailed in Egypt for the contents of his blog. See {585058}.
This quotation was used by many who opposed foreign aid to Egypt. At the time, Egypt was the second largest recipient of American foreign aid and yet there were leading Egyptians who held views like this. Advocates of aid to Egypt argued that it was in large part the American aid that was preventing radicals like Sabahi from controlling Egypt.
The woman was kidnapped from her home and shot.
In the Asymmetric Warfare the insurgent “wins” a battle by surviving even if the insurgent takes massive casualties. As long as some exist—they can recruit and expand.
Richard Nathan Haass is an American diplomat. He has been president of the Council on Foreign Relations since July 2003, prior to which he was Director of Policy Planning for the United States Department of State and a close advisor to Secretary of State Colin Powell.
