In terms of Iraq, al Qaeda valued Iraq because we destroyed a government it wanted destroyed and because we put soldiers on… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
It's going to become clear that the impact of our policies rather than our way of life is what's attracting animosity and… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Iraq, for the first time, gives al Qaeda and its allies contiguous safe-haven territory to train and launch attacks into the Levant.… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
There is a direct correlation between what al Qaeda says and what it does. And the one thing that has been the… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
We have not destroyed al Qaeda, so we still have that to worry about. We have its traditional allies, the Kashmiri groups,… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
You cannot possibly expect even the most illiterate person on Earth to believe that you really want a democracy in Iraq while… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
No one should be surprised when Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda detonate a weapon of mass destruction in the United States.… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I think we'll see it mostly in the United States. We're getting to the point where al Qaeda is ready to again… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Iraq broke our back in terms of counterterrorism. There's no doubt about it. The first thing, though, that hurt us was the… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
In an odd way, we have really destroyed two of our strongest allies against the Islamists. Saddam Hussein, and we've probably fatally… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Initial incompetence is not a reason to be dismissive of capabilities. Al Qaeda itself was incompetent when it started as a terrorist… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Iraq, for the first time, gives al Qaeda and its allies contiguous safe-haven territory to train and launch attacks into the Levant. First into… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Well, there are certain pockets of improvement. The one that I think is most important is that state and local law enforcement levels have… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
You become an anti-Semite. And as powerful as the Israeli lobby is, the Saudi lobby is just as powerful. In fact, the Saudis probably… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden's a great man in the sense that he's influenced the course of history. — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I know these days it sounds a little odd, but American governments are very fearful of European reaction. They were afraid we would be… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
The whole importance of Iraq is that we have now created two things. One, Iraq is in the Arab heartland in terms of an… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Bin Laden does reprehensible activities, and we should surely take care of that by killing him as soon as we can. But he's not… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
The uniqueness of the unit was more or less that it was focused on a single individual. It was really the first time the… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I think it's very instructive to look at a man like Ramsey Ahmad Yousef, who almost brought down the World Trade Center in 1993.… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
The treatise found that he was perfectly within his rights to use them. — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Every mujahadeen who comes in from outside the country finds an environment where Arabic is spoken. So in that sense, it's a tremendous come-on… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
We've gone thorough religious wars and civil wars. America has gone through slavery, we've all gone through two world wars, segregation. Ultimately it's been… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
