William Blum Quotes About Terrorists

• A terrorist is someone who has a bomb, but doesn't have an air force.

  William Blum

  Air, Bombs, Force

  William Blum (2006). “Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower”, p.123, Zed Books

• The Soviet Union and something called communism per se had not been the object of Washington's global attacks. There had never been an International Communist Conspiracy. The enemy was, and remains, any government or movement, or even individual, that stands in the way of the expansion of the American Empire; by whatever name the US gives to the enemy - communist, rogue state, drug trafficker, terrorist.

  William Blum

  Government, Names, Giving

  William Blum (2003). “Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II”, p.386, Zed Books

• Terror is the poor man's war, war is the rich man's terror. Ultimately, all wars will end either in annihilation or at the negotiating table. (#) A terrorist is someone who has a bomb but can't afford an air force.

  William Blum

  War, Men, Air

• What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists-whatever else they might be-might also be rational human beings ; which is to say that in their own minds they have a rational justification for their actions. Most terrorists are people deeply concerned by what they see as social, political, or religious injustice and hypocrisy, and the immediate grounds for their terrorism is often retaliation for an action of the United States.

  William Blum

  Religious, People, Hypocrisy

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