“What makes a terrorist? Are the drivers primarily political or economic? Princeton economist Alan Krueger has made a great study of this question...What Makes a Terrorist lacks a question mark. That's because Krueger, marshaling persuasive statistics and analysis, comes down firmly on the side of politics, noting most terrorists are middle-class and well-educated.” WellsMadePoliticalSidesClassStudyEconomicMiddleMarkTerroristEducatedAnalysisMiddle ClassStatisticsDriversEconomistPersuasiveWell EducatedPrincetonQuestion Mark Author:Thomas P.M. Barnett
“Treason is when legislators vote against homeland security measures because it goes against the wishes of their political or financial backers. Treason is the fact that, as a terrorist, you could still buy a gun in this country because the NRA lobby is so strong.” StillsCountryFactsPoliticalStrongWishSecurityGunVoteFinancialTerroristHomelandTreasonLegislatorsNraHomeland SecuritySecurity Measures Author:Bill Maher
“There are personal reasons, psychological reasons, but there could also be political reasons for becoming a terrorist.” ReasonPoliticalBecomingTerroristPsychological Author:Asne Seierstad
“As Iraqi forces gain experience and the political process advances, we will be able to decrease our troop level in Iraq without losing our capability to defeat the terrorists. These decisions about troop levels will be driven by the conditions on the ground in Iraq and the good judgment of our commanders, not by artificial timetables set by politicians in Washington.” AblePoliticalForceProcessDecisionLevelsConditionsPoliticianJudgmentLosingGainsDefeatIraqDrivenTerroristCapabilityArtificialCommandersDecreaseGood JudgmentTimetables Author:George W. Bush
“It must be said that today, at the end of its semantic evolution, the word 'terrorist' is an intrinsically propagandistic term. It has no neutral readability. It dispenses with all reasoned examination of political situations, of their causes and consequences.” SaidEndsTodayPoliticalCausesTermSituationEvolutionConsequenceTerroristExamination Book:Infinite Thought Source: Infinite Thought
“There are reports that leaders from ISIS and al-Qaida met at a farm house in Syria last week, and agreed to work together against their common enemies. That story again: Two radical terrorist groups managed to do what two American political parties cannot.” TwoStoriesTogetherLastsPoliticalHousePartyCommonLeaderEnemyGroupsWeekMetsTerroristRadicalReportsWorking TogetherAlsFarmsSyriaPolitical PartiesIsisCommon EnemyTerrorist Groups Author:Jimmy Fallon
“To date, we've arrested or otherwise dealt with many key commanders of al Qaeda... All told, more than 3,000 suspected terrorists have been arrested in many countries. Many others have met a different fate. Let's put it this way - they are no longer a problem to the United States and our friends and allies.” WayHas BeensDifferentCountryStatesProblemHumorPoliticalUnitedUnited StatesFateKeysMetsTerroristAlsAlliesCommandersArrestedAl QaedaPolitical Humor Author:George W. Bush
“There's a lot of people in the Middle East who are desirous to get into the Mitchell process. And - but first things first. The - these terrorist acts and, you know, the responses have got to end in order for us to get the framework - the groundwork - not framework, the groundwork to discuss a framework for peace, to lay the - all right.” PeopleKnowsFirstsEndsHumorPoliticalOrderProcessMiddleLaysResponseEastTerroristMiddle EastFrameworkPolitical HumorGroundworkFirst Things First Author:George W. Bush
“The difference between political terror and ordinary crime becomes clear during the change of regimes, in which former terrorists become well-regarded representatives of their country.” WellsCountryPoliticalDifferencesClearCrimeOrdinaryTerrorTerroristFormerRegimesRepresentatives Author:Jurgen Habermas
“Any attention to them (terrorists) on the part of the media, any double-standard interpretation of their motives and results of their activity means nothing but a political and administrative support of terrorist acts” MeanPoliticalResultsAttentionSupportMediaActivityStandardsTerroristMotiveInterpretationDouble StandardAdministrative Author:Vladimir Putin