“Rather than being an act of resistance, Hamas' killing of four Israelis on the first day of negotiations was obviously done at Iran's behest. Hamas was simply giving voice to their Tehran masters on the streets of the West Bank.”
“It's the umpteenth return
of those who see the state as
a hunting ground for the idle.
Beck serves as the prophet and
Sarah Palin, commander-in-chief.”
“The twang of a New York accent
is familiar to many in the world.
But with some believing it's now
in decline, one woman is on a quest to record its full variety.”
“The majority of Americans will probably vote against their own interests and those of their
country on November 4th.
Unfortunately, that's not unusual.”
“This year alone, the Afghan war will have cost Washington as much as the Revolutionary War, the War
of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, and Spanish-American War
combined (in fiscal 2011 dollars).”
“The raw footage - captured by Paul Refsdal - shows the Afghan militants attacking U.S. convoys on a road below their mountainous hide-out and
celebrating, sharing a high-five.”
“Some people never learn. Instead of combating the massive melting of glaciers, they're speculating on oil and gas under Greenland's ice. ... Another failure at the next U.N.
climate summit would be disaster.”
“The project and reactions to it
show how, in their mutual
hatred,
extreme Islamists and
Christians
have put the moderate majority into a radical headlock, with the
goal of stifling the freedoms we
once fought so hard to obtain.”
“A 'new Afghanistan' was the justification offered by the allies for fighting there. Next
door in Pakistan, they have a
chance to build something
new without it first having
to be destroyed by warfare.”
“It was unwise to seem out of touch with the concerns
of the nearly 70 percent of
Americans who oppose the mosque so close to Ground
Zero, or imply they needed
remedial teaching on what
of First Amendment means.”
“This war's toll of dead and wounded will forever serve as an indictment of those who unleashed it, spurning the law and international institutions
in the name of values they betrayed while at the same time invoking them.”
“A victory by opponents of the mosque would give the Islamists an opening pitch: they wait to
expose the face of the 'godless West' that they allege is fighting Islam, and use it for their own propaganda purposes.”
“They came. They saw. They lost. And now they say they've won. ... How the Arabs, surviving on six hours of electricity a day in their bleak nation, must be hoping for no
more triumphs like this.”
“when an army has orders to win a war, they want to end it. The only interest of
mercenaries is that a war
continue - and continue for as long as possible.”
“They have been here since 2003. Between then and now, there have been so many
terrorist attacks that weren't prevented so I don't think it will make much difference. ... I have lost 15 people in total including relatives, friends, neighbors and colleagues.”
“Despite intense surveillance, it was still considered to be an epicenter of extremism. Now
the Islamists who prayed there are looking for a new home.”
“It reopens hardly-closed wounds in the consciousness of a people that have been attacked … The
New York debate is not about freedom - but sensitivity”
“Would the murderers have been deterred by a few armed guards? Hardly. And are aid workers to limit themselves to people in regions patrolled by
ISAF troops? In that case, a huge number would be left to their own devices - or the Taliban.”
“Foreign media coverage brought about by the visit of the U.S. first
lady has translated into large-scale promotion of Spanish tourism. A
survey by the firm Kantar Media shows that the 1,423 news reports on the visit have had a total economic value of $25.7 million.”
“The Obama Administration's
mantra may well be 'let them
eat cake,' as it
gorges itself on
taxpayer money, but it will be looking nervously
over its shoulder as public unease mounts.”
“U.S. senators, Democratic and Republican alike, have accepted their responsibilities - with the
approval of Barack Obama. The challenge?: stop feeding the war for control of minerals which make every day in countries like Nigeria as deadly as the 9-11.”
—
Bernard Pinaud, Managing Director of the Catholic
Committee Against Hunger and For Development
“As I recall it, she [Naomi Campbell]
was quite excited and said
'Oh my God, last night I was awakened by knock at the door - and it was men sent by Charles Taylor - and
he sent me a huge daimond.”
“Russians have every reason to gloat, but let's face facts: no one
today, except perhaps bin
Laden, wants to see NATO's Afghanistan
campaign like the USSR's did.”
“Border officials quizzed him on the whereabouts of Mr. Assange, on his attitudes to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and on the philosophy behind Wikileaks.”
“The movie star was famed for playing ditzy blondes on screen, but a new book of her writings
reveals a passion for James Joyce,
Walt Whitman and Sam Beckett.”
“For better or worse, what's
been done cannot be undone. But we can at least try to learn from past mistakes. And in the
case of Iraq, it's above all about
distinguishing what can and can't
be achieved by military means.”
“Just imagine - you must learn a foreign language as if it was your mother tongue - you'd have to think in it and speak in it - and execute all the tasks set by the motherland for many long years and with no diplomatic cover -
and face threats to you and
your families' safety when even
they don't know what you do.”
“The presence of John Roos, U.S. ambassador
to Japan, and the U.K.'s
Deputy Ambassador
David Fitton, at the
site of the world's first
atomic bombing,
was an odd appearance.”
“Such arguments may
seem remote, given the
actual threat now posed
to Japan
by North Korea.
But the presence today
of
U.S. envoy John Roos
has stirred them anew.”
“I was encouraged when Obama
was elected president, because I thought he was going to correct some of the mistakes of Bush. But
President Obama is a hypocrite.
He is leaving Iraq to the wolves.”
“Followers of the Taliban must be wooed with dedication in every region. Rather than setting poppy fields on fire, ISAF should buy the poppy crop at market prices and
then destroy it, cutting off Taliban
from the heroin trade. The motto:
If you can't beat them, buy them.”
“Being American presents you
with a very particular, peculiar
set of problems from a tax
perspective and over the next
few years,
for those who are wealthy it could get even
worse.”
“The international community, to which Pakistan belongs, is
losing against the Taliban. This
is above all because we've lost
the war for hearts and minds.”
“Children today dream of Gazprom
or joining the cabinet, so there is no
reason to worry about a shortage of exceptional 'human resources' - real pragmatists who won't be converted to another belief system or attracted by the imagined virtues of the less-
pragmatic Western world. Then
we'll see who gets the last laugh.”
“China's rulers appear to have little doubt what Washington's security-first approach signifies. ... Indonesia is at a strategic chokepoint between the Indian and Pacific oceans. 50,000 ships
ply the Malacca Strait each year.”
“Mercenary groups, mass killings
of innocent civilians, human rights violations every day, every hour and in every location … It's as if the Geneva Convention didn't exist for
armies of the earth's most civilized.”
“Ever since the latest 'Flash Crash' of May 6th, when the Dow Jones Index declined by over a thousand points in minutes, the 'small investor' no longer trusts the goings-on at stock markets.”
“Let us hope that we never again have to hear the howls of outrage from his frightened fans; that they spare us the hackneyed dialectic: That was another
era ... How can we afford to lose such
a great artist? and she was older than
her years.' Let’s not forget that there
remains a victim here - 13 at the time.”
“It was disturbing to find how little
the government has informed the Bundestag about the activities of
American Special Forces operating
German-patrolled Afghan territory.”
—
Omid Nouripour, spokesman on security policy for the Green Party
“Social Democrats are threatening to
withhold support for an extension of
the German mission if Berlin doesn't
explain alleged wrongdoing revealed
in the leaked WikiLeaks documents.”
“It is said that a withdrawal is unthinkable now because the Afghan people cannot be left in the hands of the
Taliban. The publication of these documents makes it clear that this will be the case even three, four, or five years from now.”
“Everyone in our navy feels very
angry; we need to do something
like this. I lost two former crew members on the Cheonan. South
Korea has a very small navy
and we are like a kind of family.”
—
Lieutenant Kim Sung-joon
of the Destroyer Yulgokyi-I
“With the election of the
first Black U.S. president,
and with the votes of many White Americans,
the country had hoped to
overcome antagonisms
of race ...18 months later,
little remains of the idea.”
“The U.N. has powerful and vociferous enemies, not least
in the U.S., who seize upon its every failing. The real agenda of many of these critics is not to reform the institution, but to destroy it.”
“NATO foreign ministers heard only what they wanted to hear.
Hamid Karzai, already looking
for how to cement his post-NATO
power, will be the beneficiary.”
“It may appear that good old-fashioned dog-eat-dog capitalism is down and out. But old-school tycoonery can claim at one small
victory: Black is back.”
“It's my big project. It's something I want to leave behind. And we're now in the third fucking year of it.
It's a war. They're
working on it right now. It's an ongoing odyssey.”
“BP should rightly be blamed
for what has happened in the
Gulf – that but it's important to
separate this from the decision
to release Megrahi, which was
made by Scotland's government.”
“She both compared herself
to Shakespeare, and compared
Shakespeare with that other
well known savant George W. Bush. Scholars and linguists will
no doubt spend years unpicking these suggestions to find out
which is the most offensive.”
“We are very dissappointed. ... They are the creators of the game, renowned worldwide as an amazing
team to watch and play against
... it's a shame. It's really a shame.”
“The United States should have known better: Even Polanski's arrest was made possible only by an almost fanatical dedication
to Swiss legal procedure. Other countries would have simply ignored the American arrest
warrant or simply 'not found it.'”
“Britain's refusal to grant the
Iroquois their visas inadvertently
threw the Obama administration
headlong into a conflict with the Native Americans, a community
he has done more to represent
than any other recent president.”
“Reports say the 10 'sleepers'
deported from the U.S. are being held at a secret facility while Russian intelligence finds out whether they were betrayed by a double agent.”
“We understand the frustration of the Iroquois team, but before we can issue visitors with visas to come
to the U.K., we need to be certain
they will be allowed back into their countries when they return home.”
“China's top credit rating
agency has stripped U.S.,
U.K., Germany, France
of their AAA ratings, accusing Anglo-Saxon competitors
of ideological bias in favor of the West.”
Has President Obama learned a lesson from the derision in the American press, after he was seen to bow to a king, a
queen and an emperor last
year? Veronique
Saint-Geours,
writes that if such an occasion arises again, it isn’t likely to
be happen in front of cameras.”
“In another development, the U.K.'s Home Office said it was urgently reviewing whether to deprive one of
the spies, Anna Chapman, of her British passport.”
“It's indeed a contradiction that in an era of growing de
-Westernization, another
step in this horrid direction
is being taken by of
all places the U.S., the creator and
greatest beneficiary of Western political ideas”
“The deal could see up to 11 convicted spies - allegedly including a Russian colonel - exchanged for 'femme
fatale' Anna Chapman
and her fellow accused.”
"Everyone thought deep
sea exploration would be
just as exciting as a trip into
space. But compared to
conditions in the deep ocean,
flying to the moon looks easy."
—
Klaus Wallmann,
Marine Geosystems Research
at Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences
“If Russia relies on hobby- agents like these to snoop on the political-military situation in the U.S. prior
to visits by dignitaries,
there is nothing to stand
in the way of friendship between these former Cold War adversaries.”
Winston Churchill cited the Declaration of Independence
as the height of a tradition of English liberties, but it is hard to discern that lineage in the rhetoric of Sarah Palin."
“The country appears to be climbing out of recession faster than many other economies, causing investors to back the US as the next growth opportunity.”
“Designed for aspiring jihadis who can't read Arabic, it offers tips on
encryption and bomb- making and as well as Quranic commentary and crude propaganda.”
“I don't really understand the critics. Just like the series and the last film, you know what to expect when we go and see
it: Lots of comedy and frivolity.”
“These are Russian citizens who
found themselves on American territory at different times, and that haven't committed any acts directed against U.S. interests.”
“We cannot trust a word they say. ... The expressions of U.S. diplomacy are utterly vacuous. The Israelis, despite
moments of amnesia, have learned this.”
“Our enemies and haters, may
they vanish from the world, may God smite them with the plague,
them and the Palestinians, the
evil-doers and Israel-haters.”
—
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Head of Shas's Council of Torah Sages
“The media has focused on
how badly-prepared Iraq's
security forces are after the
bombings of recent months.
But the root of the problem is the crisis over forming a
new government and the
divisions among politicians.”
“Will this new legislature convene and agree to amend the Constitution
and adopt a presidential system, so
that after an election, a president enters office, giving Iraq a strong
leader capable of taking command?”
“Americans, be they occupiers,
invaders or employers, remain
for
every traitor, collaborator or mercenary, regardless of
gender or ethnicity, as
a leading supporter, mentor and guarantor.”
“ If one wants to negotiate seriously
with a neighbor, one can't continue to steal his land. Obama, with heavy pressure from the Zionist lobby, has
retreated - but his comment remains.”
"Our rights should not be protected at the whim of authorities guided by a particular ideology, which is the cause of all of our calamities and destruction."
“Debka File reveals the Kremlin and State Department joined in concealing the deal, whereby Russia votes for U.N.nsanctions against Iran in return for U.S.
silence to Moscow's activation
of the Bushehr reactor in Iran.”
“At least two civil conflicts are at boiling point - Sunni-Shiite strife,
and conflict between both Muslim
factions and the Kurds - and the
followers of Tehran stand ready
to seize Iraq's oil-rich South.”
“As a result of their many mistakes, all of them die - Arabs, Russians, Indians, Germans and Vietnamese. It's always the American that survives and parades
his win before the camera!!”
“Muslims have an opportunity to remind and explain to Americans
that Islam stands for compassion,
peace and equality and not the
the destruction of Sept. 11.”
“The Iraqi people will run out of patience soon. I call on all parties to demonstrate a patriotic Iraqi spirit and concede as much as
possible to end this crisis quickly.”
“Israel will not demand
that U.S. stop building armies for its enemies
until Israel drops the
idea that by accepting a lie told by a friend,
it will gain U.S. loyalty.”
“I envy enlightened American
Judaism, which allows people to be Jewish. In Israel too we have progressive, wonderful Jewish streams, yet they are
condemned by Jewish zealots.”
“The 9/11 incident was a conspiracy
against Muslims, especially against Afghanistan and Iraq, in order to
bring U.S. forces into this region.
But Allah be praised. Today they
want to leave but don't know how. ”
—
Abdul Salam Zaeef, Former
Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan
“Confronted with proof of their
crimes, the leaders of civilization dodge the issue and rely on the passage of time to erase memories
of carnage it is theirs to answer for.”
“Even more despicable than
Stone's display of Jew-hatred was the manner in which it
was received. On one hand, there was the thunderous silence of the media. And on
the other, there were the
insistent, repeated attempts to justify his statements.”
“In light of the fast-upcoming
conflict over the government stalemate, one can expect the civil and sectarian war sought
by some and insisted on by Iran.”
"Most of the 90,000 documents have been gathered by civilian contractors who are heavily
penetrated by Afghan spies,
who are very ineffective, and
Indian intelligence, which has its own axe to grind, and more
than that - Israeli intelligence."
—
Retired Lieutenant General
Hamid Gul, Former ISI Chief
“Undoubtedly, Paul the octopus will find fertile ground in the White House, where he can devote his talents and instincts to
predicting future politics. ”
“We had set various intelligence goals in designing this battle and
- by the grace of God - we were
able to achieve our goals without our rival winning any real victory.”
“How is Iran an enemy of Israel, which works to erase
the identity of Jerusalem
and Palestine, if it exhibits
the same behavior with its
attempt to undermine the
identity of the Arabian Gulf?”
“I believe that the danger of war is tremendous - they are
playing with fire. ... The U.S. is moving to violently reassert
its conrol of oil-rich regions
in the Middle East, if other
means prove unsuccessful.”
“Most important is the
Obama Administration's review of Islamic relief
organizations, after they were unjustly accused of supporting terrorism during, if we might use
the term, the '9-11 era.'”
We have a saying in Iraqi Arabic – and I'm sure the Egyptian brothers living in Iraq know it. 'Away goes a white dog, and along comes a
black dog.' They are the same."
—
Muntazer Al-Zaidi, Reporter Who Hurled Shoes at Bush
“While American Jews have always admired the nation's founders for their vision, they tend to ignore that these great men had little
respect for Judaism as a faith.”
“Israel has lost its strategic luster over recent decades, having become a burden to the West, since now the West is defending Israel instead of Israel defending the interests of the West.”
“Tied to pagan rituals going back to the Mayan civilization
- even before there was a
Latin America. - it was from the beginning a phenomenon
of political programming.”
“If I don't come back alive, my dear family should know that I have not betrayed Iran to the
last moment of my life and I'm
proud to die for my homeland.”
“How can these valid and frank
remarks cancel out 67 years of pioneering work in journalism, a path Thomas blazed, followed by leading female reporters?”
“Whether playing against Slovenia, England or the USA, we can always claim the status of outsider. Thus,
defeat is 'natural,' to tie is 'noble,' and meanwhile, victory is a 'feat' that we can dream of … but only
with moderation. Such thinking has a name. It's called 'defeatism.'”
“The Americans, be they from Beverly Hills, Nebraska, Ohio or the Bronx, were kept breathless by a small team from Algeria, which they couldn't even find on
the map. ... It was a success - let's
admit - for Uncle Sam'S children.”
“Teitelbaum would love
Africa, represented almost solely by Ghana, to take a respectable place in the tournament, but he also
hopes the USA progresses.”
"Today, the harshest dictatorship is the one operating against the
American nation. No newspaper
has the right to write anything about the crimes of the Zionists."
“Despite new sanctions,
the Revolutionary Guard
are prepared to fulfill its
humanitarian duty and use
its exclusive, indigenous
capability in the Gulf.”
“Iran won't allow food cooked over the fire of Operation Cast Lead to end up in the bellies
of people in Ottoman Turkey.
Iran will spark a regional war.”
“The policy of double standards that always favor the Hebrew State has
turned the Mideast into the world's powder keg and has precipitated
the humanitarian tragedy being suffered by the Palestinian people.”
“You know why we were in West Europe to begin with? Because we
were told by Greeks and Romans
to get the hell out of 'Palestine,' where we had been living since
the dawn of recorded history.”
“Let us acknowledge that we're a dead nation, trying to restore a better life on streets moved to anger against the historic crime called Israel and all under American control, despite their differing flags.”
“America and the E.U. must pull themselves together. ... It's time to say 'Stop' to Israel.
How much longer will a state of 5 million be permitted to
pose such a threat to peace?”
“It has now become very difficult to explain Mr. Medvedev's behavior to
our people. If I were the Russian president, I would be more cautious in commenting on issues touching on the great and strong nation of Iran.”
“One must fear that while Iran's nuclear hand may be shackled, its other hand will be released
to play a more important role
in the region. That's a problem.”
“This is regarded by many
people to be a violation of freedom and a denial of personal expression by Israel, which pretends to be an oasis of democracy.”
“The deal reduces the chances, which were slim to begin with, of new sanctions being imposed on Iran, and makes a military strike
on Iran less feasible.”
“Why is it presumptuous to ask that Israel be bound by these international obligations? If you
put such simple questions to
the West's great communicators
the best you can
hope for is to
be thought dangerously naive.”
“The conference would be run by the Quartet of Middle East peacemakers
- the U.S., E.U., U.N. and Russia - in a bid to forge
a united front to create
a Palestinian state.”
“It's not what the U.S. has done but
what it has sought to do that seems
to have made all the difference in
changing the world's view of the
U.S. ... At least Obama is trying.”
Shows U.S. fighter planes and tanks attacking helpless Iraqis. Iraq is depicted as suffering from devastation, with bullets
whistling past the Iraqi people.
“The apparent result of the
falsified election serves the U.S. plan. The parliament is as divided as before and the future government is and
will be as weak as before.”
“Those in glass houses
and who think they can dishearten the Iranian nation with the language
of threats and displays of guns should know they are mistaken.”
“His withdrawal from the nuclear summit was taken by the U.S. as a message that Netanyahu would no longer cooperate with the
U.S. on security matters.”
“While the entire world
is aware of the weakness
of the U.S. administration,
from Turkey to China
to Russia, strangely, only
the Arabs will accept
its commands and obey.”
“In a country where simplistic
patriotism is seen at every turn, AIPAC feels strong enough to attack the U.S. government over its disputes with a foreign one.”
“Ignoring thousands of his own
people desperate for a morsel of bread, the president spent
millions to stay in ritzy hotels.
... People prefer suicide to
this misery. … Because of the
nature of our government,
we shouldn't criticize states
that don't provide us with aid.”
“The Daily Mail advises the United
States that it should focus on its
own flood relief effort and avoid
criticizing China or driving a
wedge between close friends. If
they don't, it will only breed more animosity toward the U.S.”
“The scale and the scope of this
natural disaster is astronomical.
It is a core global humanitarian
imperative and we need to find more international support.”
“Generally speaking the most vapid arguments you’ll hear
in U.S. political discourse these
days begin with a wan appeal to the Founding Fathers, and this one is no different.”
“Karzai has an epic fight on his hands. He either pulls back his Afghan instincts
of pride and fierce
independence and strikes a Faustian deal, or he treads on the Pentagon's global strategy.”
“There is no doubt that for the first
time, we are seeing the Indians and U.S.-backed regime in Kabul using
water as a weapon against Pakistan. ... India has declared war on us by
making and orchestrating this flood.”
“To withdraw the project because of its proximity to Ground Zero is tantamount to holding every Muslim
culpable for the 9-11 attacks. Let us fight this rightwing stigmatization.”
“Indians may not have understood land
in Western terms of ownership, but they did recognize hunting territories. ... Because Indians were willing to go to war to protect their territories, the British
were forced to recognize Indian claims.”
“Some conspiracy theorists don't
want to admit this, but long before President Obama expressed support for the Muslim community center
near Ground Zero, Mayor Bloomberg championed the plan. ... That's right - Bloomberg is a Jewish financier.”
“We hope China's related departments, which are
tightening anti-corruption rules, become inspired by
the fact that with no public
accusation, the daughter of
the Clintons dared marry in
such an extravagant affair.”
“The summit was a signal that a new power game will emerge in Afghanistan and beyond - and that the United States and NATO will be increasingly challenged, not only by their own failures in Afghanistan, but by the resurgent ambitions of Russia.”
“China is fated to stand shoulder to
shoulder with the U.S. on the world stage, and cannot always put up with American provocations. If China is to
stop the advance of the U.S., then it must draw a clear red line against American attempts to surround it.”
“Major insurers are reassessing the risks and avoiding the extension or
renewal of contracts w/operators
of drilling rigs and oil platforms.
... In reality, no one trusts the
efficiency of the equipment or
the means of containing oil spills.”
“The same day, Senate Foreign Relations Chairwoman Rosario Green said that the climate of violence that exists along the
border demands that Obama and Calderon draw up plans for legalizing marijuana use.”
“Imagine how Washington would feel
if China took part in military exercises
with it's neighbors or competitors in
nearby areas or sensitive regions?
Don't do unto others what you
would not have others do unto you.”
“Since the sinking of the Cheonan,
South Korea and the United States
have increased military pressure on North Korea, but nothing at all has
been gained from this strategy.”
“Khadr's historic trial before a
discredited American military tribunal promises to shame not
only U.S. President Obama's administration but also Prime
Minister Harper's acquiescence.”
“With the major powers shifting
their line to match India's, Delhi
is more willing to allow American
facilitation. Policymakers see that the U.S. is India's best bet to get
Pakistan to stop sponsoring
anti-India terrorist organizations.”
“We are using the unique capabilities of our government to help save lives and to provide humanitarian assistance
in partnership with Pakistan's leaders.”
“I firmly believe that Japan, as the only country to have experienced nuclear devastation in war, has a
moral duty to lead toward a world without nuclear weapons.”
“If Obama would stand on the
site where so many lives were instantly lost, it would be the
strongest message possible for
building 'a world free of nuclear weapons.' However, we doubt Obama he shares the motives of the atomic bomb survivors for wanting a nuclear-free world.”
“There's no magic solution, such
as deploying a model of Western
democracy and hoping it works.
These models have to be adapted
to local politics and the attempt must be made, at all costs, to ensure that Iraq's own dynamic forces
determine its future.”
“U.S. Congressman Joe Pitts has joined the rising chorus of protest against atrocities being committed against the people of Kashmir by Indian occupation forces … perhaps
because the occupation is
now too overt to be ignored.”
“The Taliban poison girls’ schools, murder teachers and students and pour acid on school children.
Unfortunately, public opinion hasn't
been mobilized. Kabul and NATO
are losing the propaganda war.”
“This is to compare a human rights framework based on
human dignity and worth to a U.S. colonial framework,
designed by generations
of
federal officials to dominate and subordinate free Indian
nations to expropriate our
land, territory and resources.”
“Who'll tell these ignoramuses that the street doesn't give a damn if this war is affected [by Wikileaks' release] or even if it goes completely haywire, when it's become such an open wound
on Pakistan's body politic?”
“Al-Qaeda, the Taliban and [ex-ISI chief] General Gul plotted to kill President Karzai; and that an ISI
officer directed a Taliban leader
named Maulvi Ezatullah to
supervise the assassination plot.”
“This is the latest malicious attempt to discredit Pakistan intelligence by depicting it
it as a villain out to throw
a spanner into America's
inevitable march to victory.”
“The secrecy that has marked the ‘war on terror' since 2001
has been a convenient cover
for violations of human rights and the laws of war on an
unacceptable scale. President
Obama promised to change that.”
“The most charitable comments being trotted out by Pakistani apologists in Washington is that
in Pakistan, the left hand doesn't
know what
the right is doing.”
“Governments are using
9/11 as an excuse to treat
everyone like a threat
- so much so that a secure
document is more important
than the person it represents.
Where is the humanity in the
post-September 11 world?”
—
Kenneth Deer, Secretary of Mohawk Nation at Kahnawake
“It's time we recall the golden rule of falling back on our own resources to meet our needs, for if the price of aid to help us stand on our feet and be counted among advanced
nations is our sovereignty, then
we had better do without with it.”
“None of my brothers has been charged on behalf of any party, American or otherwise. ... the
Americans have offered to help
them out of the Islamic republic.”
“We're disappointed. This is our sport - the Iroquois invented the sport of lacrosse, so this isn't just about somebody wanting to play the game. This is our heritage.”
—
Tonya Frichner, Spokewoman
for the Iriquois Nationals
“Why must Pakistani leaders sit
idly by and do nothing to combat the Indian leadership’s cherished
plans to have Pakistan declared
a state sponsor of terrorism?”
“With the U.S. exhausting itself running around the deserts and wastes of Iraq and Afghanistan, why would anyone believe its aircraft carrier groups and F-22 fighters will quiet things down in Northeast Asia, where millions of troops are preparing for war?.”
“It is indeed ironic that the U.S.
government, considered by many to be a beacon of liberty in the
world, is now moving to restrict the liberty and sovereignty of the
very confederation that inspired
many of the founders of America.”
“The U.S. and south Korean authorities are misinterpreting the presidential statement in their favor, adding to it as they please in order to save face.”
“Isn't it strange that while the militants keep pouring in from
Afghanistan, American forces deployed along the Afghan border do nothing to stop them?”
“We are a sovereign nation. We're
our own people. We're taking part
in an international tournament, and
to play in one, you must be a nation.
We've been recognized as a nation, with our own citizens, our own land, and our own sovereignty.”
—
Denise Waterman, Board Member of Iroquois Nationals
“Due to the powerful weapons
of the aggressors and the likely response by Iran, this presages an apocalyptic event without precedent in the history of war.”
“America will always push Indian interests, which is why Pakistan needs to decouple itself from U.S. policy and revaluate its options
beyond subservience to America.”
“I don't harbor the slightest doubt that as soon as U.S. and Israeli warships take up their
positions and try to inspect the first Iranian merchant ship, a rain of missiles will be unleashed in both directions.”
“Analysts believe, apart from using 'monkey killers' to attack American troops, the Taliban also seek to arouse Western
animal protection activists to
pressure their governments
to withdraw their forces.”
“China's media is focused on how to arouse public outrage to counter U.S. fear of a rising China. This is counterproductive. There is a Chinese saying that
goes, 'It is better to weave
fishing nets than to covet fish.”
“Some Chinese people
compare the U.S.-South Korea drill to the visit by former Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro to the Yasukuni Shrine.
It is a shame and a provocation on China's doorstep.”
“The United States remains
the undisputed superpower in the world in terms of might, money and mind ... The U.S. is not on a slippery
slope to second-class status.”
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