Govern Quote by Benjamin Wittes

The United States is at war with the al Qaeda terrorist group. Al Qaeda is not a nation-state and it has not signed the…

— John Yoo

Al Qaeda is not a nation-state and it has not signed the Geneva Conventions. It shows no desire to obey the laws of war;…

— John Yoo

“Al Qaeda's central political objective is the creation of an Islamic republic, not the progressive realignment of American foreign policy.”

— Simon Cottee

That is because the conflict with al Qaeda is not governed by the Geneva Conventions, which applies only to international conflicts between states that…

— John Yoo

They have called Operation Iraqi Freedom a war of choice that isn't part of the real war on terror. Someone should tell that to…

— John Boehner

Because Al-Qaeda has been a non-state centered organisation, many of these scenarios do not exactly apply. These are not wars between states. And yet,…

— Judith Butler

It's not religious war, but Al-Qaeda always use religions, Islam - actually, as a pretext and as a cover and as a mantle for…

— Bashar al-Assad

Terror is a tactic. We can not wage "war" against a tactic.

— Ron Paul

“For the same reason , the American government has invented a completely new juridical category , that of 'illegal enemy combatants'. In general, the…

— Tzvetan Todorov

Al Qaeda has dominated the battlefield of the soul among the disaffected, disenfranchised, and dissatisfied. It promises action instead of discussion.

— Malcolm Nance

War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.

— Carl von Clausewitz

Staying in a very public fight with the U.S. is exactly what Al Qaeda wants.

— Richard Engel