Hostage Situations Quotes

The United States government does not negotiate with terrorists.

If anyone has it rough at Guantanamo, it is the guards. They are constantly harassed and threatened by some of these terrorists. Prisoners tell guards, we know where your families are. We know where your wife is, your children, and we are going to kill them.

When the new wave of terrorism came on the modern world, which is the late 1960s, early 1970s, I think we spent about a decade, the United States and our allies, trying to figure out how to deal with it.

NOW decided we had to stop the violence. [Joseph] Scheidler [an anti-abortionist terrorist leader] and his gang were calling in blitzes-they would attack clinics without warning and hold staff and patients hostage. Clinics were being blockaded and invaded. If we did not act, we thought clinics would not be able to stay open.

The problem of terrorism has cost my country 6,000 soldiers and 30,000 civilians…. We have had more losses to terrorism than any other country…. Terrorism is a problem for the entire world.

I was quite intrigued by the idea of following the exploits of people who are often in the margins. You see the negotiators, but it's usually the SWAT team or the tactical team that draw our eye.

Whoever gives in to terrorism has to be prepared to do so many times.

Seal Team Six is a different unit than the rest of the SEAL teams inasmuch as they concentrate primarily on one thing, counter-terrorism, hostage rescue.