Activism Quote by James Mattis

For twenty years, Islamic Jihadists have been attacking American interests around the world and we did not take them seriously until September 11th, 2001.

— Zach Wamp

“My personal position on counterinsurgency in general, and on Iraq and Afghanistan in particular, could therefore be summarized as "Never again, but..." That is,…

— David Kilcullen

I know the war in Iraq is controversial in the States, but for us in the Middle East it has made a great and…

— Ehud Olmert

I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.

— Barbara Lee

You know, very often, if you look at the kinds of communications that they're getting in an ISIS recruiting video, the videos that, you…

— Mohsin Hamid

American jihadists are generally motivated by a mix of factors, including dislike of U.S. foreign policy in the Muslim world.

— Peter Bergen

I think you can take the recent war in Lebanon as a very good example of how this plays. The Americans and their allies…

— Michael Scheuer

Some 3,500 Muslims now serve in the U.S. military. The overwhelming majority of them are loyal Americans who see no conflict between their personal…

— Linda Chavez

We need to focus on building a military that is second-to-none ... so that we can destroy Islamic terrorism.

— Jeb Bush

Throughout the Arab and Islamic world the feeling is that we are now in top gear for a war of civilizations, a clash of…

— Husain Haqqani

In a time when our nation is engaged in multiple, long-term wars, it's critical that "the military" not become an abstraction to the vast…

— James M Strock

Many Muslims consider the United States hostile to Islam and to Arab interests. In fact, the United States saved tens of thousands of Muslims…

— Antony Blinken