It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's better even to call it American self-interest. — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
So what we have is an American foreign policy that is inextricably linked to domestic matters. It is very dangerous for a politician who desires nothing more than to stay in office to address the mindset that any change in… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I don't know what our capabilities are. If I were there, I think it would be nutty to do that. The only country on… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share
One of the reasons they didn't go to Bosnia, bin Laden has explained extensively, was because they couldn't establish a base anywhere. Not in… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share
Where he was, where his cells were, where his logistical channels were, how he communicated. Who his allies were. Who donated to them. I… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share
