I want to make something absolutely clear. If you thought there was some secret cell somewhere working al-Qaeda, I want you to know that you are wrong! This is it. There’s no working group coming to the rescue. There’s nobody else hidden away on some other floor. This is just us. And we are FAILING. We’re spending billions of dollars. People are dying. We’re still no closer to defeating our enemy. They attacked us on land in ’98, by sea in 2000, and from the air in 2001. They murdered three thousand of our citizens in cold blood, they’ve slaughtered our forward deployed. And what the fuck have we done about it? What have we done? We have twenty leadership names and we’ve only eliminated four of them. I want targets! Do your fucking jobs! Bring me people to kill! Zero Dark Thirty 2012 starring Jessica Chastain & Jason Clarke & Joel Edgerton & Jennifer Ehle & Mark Strong & Kyle Chandler & Edgar Ramirez & James Gandolfini & Chris Pratt et al, director Kathryn Bigelow, George
Defending America even if it means his own death. Rallying a nation of television viewers into hysteria to sweep us up into the White House with powers that will make Martial Law seem like anarchy. The Manchurian Candidate 1962 starring Frank Sinatra & Angela Lansbury & Janet Leigh & Laurence Harvey & Henry Silva & James Gregory & Leslie Parris & John McGiver et al, director John Frankenheimer
To formulate a schedule for the gradual withdrawal of our troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. Thirteen: The Conspiracy 2008 starring Val Killmer & Stephen Dorff & John Bourgeois & Stephen McHattie & Greg Bryk & Jessalyn Gilsig & Caterina Murino & Ted Atherton & Julian Richings et al, director Duane Clark, female president assassinated speech
Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them. George W Bush
States like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil arming to threaten the peace of the world. George W Bush
Bin Laden and his terrorist allies have made their intentions as clear as Lenin and Hitler before them. George W Bush
I’m a war president. I make decisions here in the Oval Office on foreign policy matters with war on my mind. George W Bush
I have a message for our Military: be ready. I have called the Armed Forces to Alert. And there is a reason. The hour is coming when America will act – and you will make us proud. George W Bush
America will not impose our own style of government on the unwilling; our goal instead is to help others to find their own voice. George W Bush
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Our War on Terror begins with Al Qaeda. But it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated. Americans are asking, Why do they hate us? They hate what they see right here in this chamber. A democratically elected government. Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms. Our freedom of religion. Our freedom of speech. Our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other. They want to overthrow existing governments in many Muslim countries. Such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. They want to drive Israel out of the Middle East. They want to drive Christians and Jews out of vast regions of Asia and Africa. These terrorists kill not merely to end lives but to disrupt and end a way of life. With every atrocity they hope that America grows fearful, retreating from the world, and forsaking our friends. They stand against us because we stand in their way. We’re not deceived by their pretenses to piety. We have seen their kind before. They are the heirs of all the murderous ideologies of the twentieth century. By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions. By abandoning every value except the will to power. They follow in the path of fascism. Nazism. And totalitarianism. And they will follow that path all the way to where it ends, in History’s unmarked grave of discarded lives. We will direct every resource at our command. Every means of diplomacy. Every tool of intelligence. Every instrument of law enforcement. Every financial influence. And every necessary weapon of war. Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists. George W Bush, Congressional address 20 September 2001
The War on Terror – you can’t distinguish between Al Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the War on Terror. George W Bush
We will make no distinction between the terrorist who committed these acts and those who harbour them. George W Bush
You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the War on Terror. George W Bush
As we and our coalition partners are doing in Afghanistan, we will bring to the Iraqi people food and medicines and supplies and freedom. George W Bush, State of the Union address January 2003
I will not forget the wound to our country and those who inflicted it. I will not yield. I will not rest. I will not relent in waging this struggle for freedom and security for the American people. George W Bush
We must stop the terror. I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now watch this drive. George W Bush to press reporters on golf course
I say I listen to all voices. But mine is the final decision. And Donald Rumsfeld is doing a fine job. He’s not only transforming the military, he’s fighting a w-w-War on Terror – he’s helping us fight a War on Terror. I have strong confidence in Donald Rumsfeld. I hear the voices. And read the front page. George W Bush
This crusade, this War on Terrorism, is going to take a while. George W Bush
Tonight we are a country awakened to danger. And called to defend freedom. Who attacked our country? The evidence we have gathered all points to a collection of loosely affiliated terrorist organisations. There are thousands of these terrorists in more than sixty countries. Thousands of dangerous killers schooled in the methods of murder. Now spread throughout the world. Like ticking time-bombs set to go off without warning. Our War against Terror is only beginning. George W Bush
We actually misnamed the War on Terror, it ought to be the ‘struggle against ideological extremists who do not believe in free societies who happen to use terror as a weapon to try to shake the conscience of the free world’. George W Bush
Their goal is to bring destruction to our shores that will make September 11th pale by comparison. George W Bush
We must speak the truth about Terror. Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories concerning the attacks of September 11th. Malicious lies that attempt to shift the blame away from the terrorists themselves. Away from the guilty. George W Bush, address to United Nations 10th November 2001
We know he’s got chemical weapons. George W Bush
Oh no, we’re not going to have any casualties. George W Bush, discussion Pat Robertson 2003
I think I was unprepared for war. George W Bush December 2008
The War on Terror involves Saddam Hussein because of Al Qaeda connections, because of his history – he’s a danger to the American people and we’ve got to deal with him. George W Bush
I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we’re really talking about peace. George W Bush, Washington 18th June 2002
Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. George W Bush, beneath Mission Accomplished banner aboard USS Abraham Lincoln 1st May 2003
We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological laboratories ... And we’ll find more weapons as time goes on. But for those who say we haven’t found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they’re wrong, we found them. George W Bush, Washington 30th May 2003
I’m telling you there’s an enemy that would like to attack America, Americans, again. There just is. That’s the reality of the world. And I wish him all the very best. George W Bush 12th January 2009
Freedom’s untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things. Stuff happens. Donald Rumsfeld, re Iraq looting post-US invasion
We discussed the need to prepare for a full range of asymmetric threats, including terrorism, cyber-attacks, advanced conventional weapons, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and certainly weapons of mass destruction. Donald Rumsfeld
This is not about oil, and anyone who thinks that is badly misunderstanding the situation. Donald Rumsfeld