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--On 23/1/1980 Carter delivered a 'State of the Union' address to the
American Congress, and of what he said: "However, our position is
completely clear. Any attempt from any external power to dominate the
Gulf region will be considered an attack on the vital interests of the
United States. Such aggression will be repelled by the use of any
necessary means including military."--On 2/11/1990 Henry Kissinger published an article in Yediot Ahrunot under the heading 'Soon, America, You will Lose Deterrent
Force', and of what he said therein: "The military option is without doubt painful and difficult. It can incite demonstrations in Islamic
countries and release the spark of new waves of terrorism. However, these dangers must be compared against the dangers of a more difficult conflict at a later time if the signs of American weakness lead to the collapse of moderate governments in the region, escalating the tension and the end of all systems."
--On 18/9/2001, it was published in the (Amerikatan) newspaper, on the internet an interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro
conducted with James Schlesinger, Nixon's advisor and former American Defense Secretary who currently works in the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, and of what he said: "Uprooting these networks requires many years because they enjoy a strong determination resulting from their strong belief in their position."
--On the programme 'First War of the Century' on Al-Jazeera the presenter of the programme quoted from the Washington Post that
Henry Kissinger said under the title 'Revenge is not Sufficient Response': "It is necessary to face what happened with an attack against the system that produced this threat."
--The former Secretary (General) of the NATO alliance, Claus, formally announced that the alliance endorsed Islam in the place of the
former Soviet Union, as a target for its enmity. BBCOnline.net quoted from President Bush on 17/9/2001 his saying: "This crusade, this war upon terror will be for a long period."
--Samuel Huntingdon says in his article in the American magazine 'Foreign Affairs': "There is little possibility this continuous military
confrontation between the West and Islam since many centuries will weaken. Rather it is possible that it will increase in viciousness and
severity…"
--Shimon Peres said in his book 'The New Middle East': "…We are a determined people and there is no power on the face of the earth able to induce us to abandon this land after fifty generations of living in the Diaspora, fifty generations of suppression, torment and annihilation. We will never move from the only place in this world, in which we are able to renew our independence, guarantee our safety and live with dignity and honour…"
--Steve Dunleavy said in the New York Post journal after the incident of Tuesday: "Kill the bastards, train assassins, make contract with mercenaries and earmark millions of dollars to hunt the heads and bring them dead or alive, preferably dead. In relation to the cities who host these worms, bomb them with bombs in basketball playgrounds."