Michael T. Flynn Quotes
We have real enemies, dedicated to dominating and eventually destroying us, and they are not going to be talked out of their hatred.
Flynn, Michael T., and Michael Ledeen. The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies. St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Islamic extremists had killed thousands on Russian citizens and military men in Chechen, one of the states in Russia. At the time--before 9-11--Americans in the homeland had never been attacked by Islamic religious extremists as the Russians had. Some Americans were very critical of the Russians for using force and troops to deal with the terrorists and urged Putin to negotiate. This was Putin's reply. It was taken by many Americans as an unnecessarily hard line then. After 9-11, however, American views towards negotiations with terrorists generally resembled Putin in this quotation. Many Americans then developed much more sympathy with the Russian position on terrorism inside Russia.
The Security Counsel was meeting it the Situation room at the White House
This statement of the Prophet is often quoted by Yusuf al-Qaradawi and other moderate, modernist Islamic clerics and leaders urging people to eschew terrorism and Muslim fundamentalist extremism.
