Edward Said Quotes About Soviet Union

Quotes about: Soviet Union

• In short, Israel is the measure of our failings and our incompetence. We have waited for a great leader for years, but none came; we have waited for a mighty military victory, but we were defeated roundly; we have waited for outside powers (the United States or, in its time, the Soviet Union), but none came to our aid. The one thing we have not tried in all seriousness has been to rely on OURSELVES: until we do that with a full commitment to success there is no chance that we can advance towards self-determination and freedom from aggression.

  Edward Said

  Determination, Military, Commitment

  "The End of the Peace Process: Oslo and After".

• There is also this great sense of triumphalism, that just as we defeated the Soviet Union, we can do this. And out of this sense of desperation and pathological religion, there develops an all-encompassing drive to harm and hurt, without regard for the innocent and the uninvolved, which was the case in New York.

  Edward Said

  Hurt, New York, Unions

  Source: www.progressive.org

• It was thought that to rally Islam against godless communism would be doing the Soviet Union a very bad turn indeed, and that, in fact, transpired. In 1985, a group of mujahedeen came to Washington and was greeted by President [Ronald] Reagan, who called them "freedom fighters."

  Edward Said

  President, Islam, Facts

  Source: www.progressive.org

• It was thought that to rally Islam against godless communism would be doing the Soviet Union a very bad turn indeed, and that, in fact, transpired.

  Edward Said

  Islam, Would Be, Unions

  Edward W. Said, David Barsamian (2003). “Culture and Resistance: Conversations with Edward W. Said”, p.107, Pluto Press

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