“Because ultimately, we believe the two go together. You can't just fight terrorists, you have to create the kind of stable society that embodies hope, that embodies opportunity. That is the best defense against terrorist groups getting a foothold.”
Richard Boucher
“I had no idea who the terrorists were ... what a terrorist was.”
Kevin Barrett
“We certainly learned from Katrina that we remain very vulnerable to an incident of this kind, whether it's a terrorist attack or a natural disaster,”
Lee Hamilton
“These are only desperate attempts by the terrorists, ... If you take a look on the abilities of these terrorist groups and also take a look on the new support for Iraq, I believe that the support to Iraq will prevail.”
Laith Kubba
“Portraying Muhammad as a bomb carrying terrorist is like stereotyping his followers as terrorists.”
Habeeb Ahmed
“In spite of numerous successful hunts for terrorists, the terrorist threat situation has eased only superficially. The bomb attacks in Madrid and London are clear evidence that Europe is no longer just a recruitment and financing area but has become a target of Islamic terrorism.”
Ernst Uhrlau
“So I see the terrorist attacks as acknowledgement on the terrorists' part that this is a center of gravity [in the war on terror] and that they're losing.”
Marine GenPeter Pace