Pete Hoekstra Quotes
Yes, Gaddafi was a ruthless dictator and supporter of terrorism during his 40-year reign in Libya, but he had become an ally of the United States in the fight against radical jihadism after 9/11.
Hoekstra, Pete. Architects of Disaster: The Destruction of Libya. Castalia House, 2015.
36 days later, September 11, he did strike. See {617467} for some of the specific contents. The memo was kept secret by the Bush administration until public pressure as a result of the 9-11 Commission hearings forced the declassification and release. At that point it became clear that there was no reason that the memo could not have been released much earlier except that it was embarrassing. See {637530} and {637533} for two other Bin Laden Warnings that Bush and his team ignored.
Bush claimed he did not remember the conversation. His incoming National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice, was also briefed about bin Laden by the Clinton anti-terrorism director, Richard Clarke. The Bush Administration ignored the warnings until bin Laden struck on 9-11
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.
He was comparing the Muslim Brotherhood and ISIS. H was trying to eradicate both organizations. Most Western leaders saw the Muslim Brotherhood as a less dangerous and less virulent organization than ISUS, HAMAS and other more overt terrorist organizations. Siri however has perspective of owe 50 years of history with the Muslim Brotherhood, and although they have got through periods of claimed political participation and not terrorism, Sisi and other Egyptians observe that all of these more virulent terrorist troops share the same ideology and end goals as the Muslem Brotherhood, and all these terrorist groups have been outgrowths of the Muslim Brotherhood. H argues that the Brotherhood must be wiped out else there will be more and more terorist groups to replace those that we might destroy.
He was making the argument that Saudi Arabia has been the largest supporter of Islamic extremism and terrorism. While the U. S. Government does not agree, that are many Americans who hold this same view and have been arguing it even before.
Cornelis Pieter "Pete" Hoekstra is a Dutch-American politician who served as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from January 10, 2018, to January 17, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 2nd congressional district from 1993 to 2011.
