Interventionist Policy Quotes
Dulles lied to Congress. The CIA at the time was supplying planes and American pilots in support of an anti-Sukarno Government faction that was in armed revolt. It is not clear whether or not Dulles knew the truth when he had so testified.
The United States is paying the military costs of the War on Terror. However by buying so much oil, a huge amount of our money goes to nations which are supporting and financing terrorism such as Libya and Iran. Even more money goes to Saudi Arabia which while it has trouble with terrorists of their own, follow a strategy that buys off terror groups by financing them directly and indirectly and finances Islamic fundamentalist educational institutions throughout the world which teach hate, intolerance and develops much support for Muslim Fundamentalist terrorists and in some cases finances the terrorism itself.
Levy had gone to Bengasi—the center of the revolution—and returned to report to the French President. Levy had supported the President’s political opponent in the previous election. None the less, the President listened to Levy and credits him with the arguments that brought France to take the lead in supporting the rebellion.
