
Montreal Gazette, April 2003: On the Iraq war.
2003
Montreal Gazette, April 2, 2003: On the Iraq war.
2003
Montreal Gazette, April 2003: On the Iraq war.
2003
2011, Address on interventions in Libya (March 2011)
Context: As the bulk of our military effort ratchets down, what we can do — and will do — is support the aspirations of the Libyan people. We have intervened to stop a massacre, and we will work with our allies and partners to maintain the safety of civilians. We will deny the regime arms, cut off its supplies of cash, assist the opposition, and work with other nations to hasten the day when Qaddafi leaves power. It may not happen overnight, as a badly weakened Qaddafi tries desperately to hang on to power. But it should be clear to those around Qaddafi, and to every Libyan, that history is not on Qaddafi’s side. With the time and space that we have provided for the Libyan people, they will be able to determine their own destiny, and that is how it should be.
“We are working aggressively to support our Japanese ally at this time of extraordinary challenge.”
2011, Address on the natural and nuclear energy disasters in Japan (March 2011)
Context: We are working aggressively to support our Japanese ally at this time of extraordinary challenge. Search and rescue teams are on the ground in Japan to help the recovery effort. A disaster assistance and response team is working to confront the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami. The U. S. military, which has helped to ensure the security of Japan for decades, is working around the clock.
“We should support whatever our enemies oppose and oppose whatever our enemies support.”
Fánshì dírén fǎnduì de, wǒmen jiù yào yǒnghù; fánshì dírén yǒnghù de, wǒmen jiù yào fǎnduì.
If the enemy opposes, we must support it; if the enemy supports it, we must oppose it.
Chapter 2 https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/red-book/ch02.htm, originally published in Interview with Three Correspondents from the Central News Agency, the Sao Tang Pao and the Hsin Min Pao (September 16, 1939), Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 272.
Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong (The Little Red Book)
David Petraeus and Ryan Crocker House Committee on Foreign Relations Hearing, April 9, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWr5Wl-mev0
2000s, 2006-2009
Moscow and the Middle East: Soviet policy since the invasion of Afghanistan, Robert Owen Freedman, 1991, CUP Archive, 0521359767, 40, 426, 2010-6-28 http://books.google.com/books?id=6zk7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA40&dq=mustafa+talas+red+book&hl=en&ei=SGAaTJn2N5O8M7Sq-K8F&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Why%20should%20we%20not%20boycott%20the%20Soviet%20Union%20and%20its%20supporters%20inside%20the%20country%3F%20If%20we%20do%20so%2C%20we%20can%20force%20them%20to%20review%20their%20stand.%20Either%20they%20give%20us%20what%20we%20want%20and%20what%20is%20necesary%20or%20they%20will%20lose%20our%20friendship&f=false,
US Department of State Bulletin, Sept, 1988 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1079/is_n2138_v88/ai_6813102/pg_2?tag=artBody;col1
From a statement made in a joint press conference with Ronald Regan during the Turkish president's 1988 trip to Washington, D.C.
2000s, 2002, State of the Union address (January 2002)
To My People (July 4, 1973)
Source: Assata: An Autobiography