Vicente Fox Quotes
We want from here to express our solidarity and our support to all the victims of these acts of terrorism and their family members. We reiterate our complete, emphatic rejection of all forms of violence and all forms of terrorism.
Fox, Vicente. "Message to the Nation." Office of the President of Mexico, 11 Sept. 2001.
Most American Muslims condemned the September 11 terrorism in the strongest terms. There were other Muslim leaders throughout the world who also condemned it, but outside of America, they were in the minority.
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 Russians had contended with Islamic terrorist attacks on Russian territory for years before 9-11. To a great extent when they sent troops into the Muslim neighborhoods where the terrorists had come from, they were frequently criticized by some Americans and others for responses that were too harsh and/or disproportionate. However, many Americans became more empathetic to the Russian plight and when we invaded and occupied Afghanistan and Iraq, the Russian responses looked mild in comparison.
If we can reach unity between all the components of the people, the canals of terrorism will dry up.
Nouri Kamel Mohammed Hassan al-Maliki. This quotation is very ironic. Maliki was a Shiite Muslim—one of the majority in Iraq that had been ruled by the brutal regime of the minority Sunnis. When the United States invaded Iraq and deposed Saddam Hussein and his Sunni regime. Once elected to office he frequently made statements like this urging a pluralistic society which included the Shiites, the Sunnis, and the Kurds. However he became more and more of a dictator {640493} and did everything possible to discriminate against and oppress the minority Sunnis and Kurds. His statements of ethnic and religious unity were made to keep obtaining American and other international aid.
Vicente Fox Quesada GCMG CYC is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd President of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006.
