Happened Quote by Doris Lessing

But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA…

— Seamus Heaney

9/11 was a terrible, horrific, tragic day.

— Richard Engel

September 11, 2001, was a terrible tragedy by any measure, but it was not a historical turning point. It did not herald a new…

— Richard N. Haass

The Americans invaded a country without understanding what eight years of a war with Iran had meant, how that traumatized Iraq. They didn't appreciate…

— Anthony Shadid

When things did go wrong for the IRA, when civilians were killed, I tried to put it in context, not defend it.

— Peter T. King

After 9/11, a few hundred CIA and Special Operations personnel, backed by airpower and Afghan militias, devastated Taliban and al-Qaeda forces. That effort has…

— Erik Prince

The IRA sending a message of sympathy to America is like Jack the Ripper giving us a lesson in the sanctity of human life.

— Simon Heffer

Most Americans have little idea of how far our nation's worldwide standing had fallen by the end of the Bush administration; no matter how…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

We had the IRA ceasefire in August 1994 and a lot of people assumed that a deal had been done - which wasn't right.

— David Trimble

9/11 was a genuine trauma, and President George W. Bush rallied the country. I think the Iraq war was ill-considered, but there - it…

— Daniel Fried

Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.

— Stephen Hawking

The 2003 war in Iraq may be considered the greatest error in American policy since the Civil War. Its ramifications are earth-shattering and will…

— Malcolm Nance