“We went to see 'Twilight' all together actually and we can't believe how bad it was.” Quote by Mattew Nicholls
“We'd be better off if the whole purpose of the adventure in Iraq was, say, to protect Israel or to protect the flow of oil to America and keep it at a reasonable price and try to get some more control. If it was about oil, going into Iraq, I guess, could have made sense. But at a certain point, when the insurgency began and we were in real trouble, there would have been some awareness that we were going to jeopardize the oil.” IfsTryingHas BeensMadeRealWholeAmericaPurposeCertainTroubleAwarenessAdventureProtectFlowIraqIsraelOilReasonableBetter OffInsurgencyJeopardize Author:Seymour Hersh
“We're just a metal band. Whenever people ask me what kind of music we play, I always say metal.” PeopleKindPlayAsksBandAsk MeMetalsMetal Band Author:Mattew Nicholls
“If Bush had gone into Iraq for cynical reasons, we could cut our losses now. What's frightening is that he did it for ideological reasons, and therefore he's not going to get out. So it isn't ultimately about oil or about Israel, it's about a belief.” IfsReasonBeliefLossGoneCuttingIraqIsraelOilCynicalFrighteningIdeological Author:Seymour Hersh
“I don't know whether God talks to him or whether he's trying to undo what his father did. But he believes in the mission. The body bags aren't going to deter him. Public dissent isn't going to deter him. He's going to go ahead. And that's more frightening.” KnowsTryingBelieveBodyFatherMissionsBagsFrighteningDissent Author:Seymour Hersh
“If the material is inspiring and motivates you, then it doesn't really matter what it is.” IfsMatterInspiringMaterials Author:Don Johnson
“I can tell you one thing: It doesn't matter what the American people think. There's going to be an awful lot more body bags.” PeopleThinkingI CanMatterBodyOne ThingAwfulBags Author:Seymour Hersh
“We've got the best kind of parents for us, in this situation. My parents are super supportive of me and really into our band. They get just as excited as we do, about stuff that we do. So, it's pretty cool.” KindStuffParentSituationBandExcitedSupportive Author:Mattew Nicholls
“The National Security Adviser is supposed to be an arbiter of policy and open minded in internal debates. But the playing field was never balanced. It was always tilted toward Rumsfeld's position, which is obviously the same as Bush's.” SecurityPolicyFieldsPositionDebateSupposed To BeInternalsBalancedNational SecurityOpen MindOpen MindedAdviserPlaying FieldsArbiter Author:Seymour Hersh
“The reality is that Qaddafi has been trying to talk to us about his weapons system for years, and we ignored him. The Libyans even came to me about two years ago and offered me a chance to go through their facilities because they couldn't get anybody's attention here.” TryingYearsHas BeensTwoRealityChanceAttentionWeaponsYears AgoTwo YearsIgnoredFacilityTwo Years Ago Author:Seymour Hersh
“Journalism is a great profession. It's complicated now. People talk about the demise of investigative reporting. I was a judge in some award contest recently, and the stuff that is being done by major newspapers, and local, regional papers around the country, is great. Newspapers play an amazing role in our society, and I still think they are important. I'm sorry newspaper circulation is down. Ultimately, the importance of newspapers can't be replaced.” PeopleThinkingStillsImportantCountryDonePlayStuffRolesJudgingPaperMajorsImportanceSorryComplicatedProfessionNewspapersLocalsJournalismOur SocietyAwardsReplacedI'm SorryContestsPapersCirculationDemiseBeing Done Author:Seymour Hersh