"What's Next in the War on Terrorism?": A Compilation of Statements Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Том 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002 - Всего страниц: 13 |
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ADVISOR Afghan American Century arms shipments Asia attacks axis of evil Baghdad BERGER BIDEN Biological Weapons Convention Bosnia build Bush Doctrine campaign Chairman commitment and resolve dangerous defeat terrorism disrupted drain the swamp effort enemy enterprise-a fight against terrorism FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE FORMER NATIONAL FORMER NATO SUPREME friends front global reach homeland interim government international security force Iran Iraq Iraqi Islamic world JOULWAN RET killed Laden-a symbol law enforcement leadership mass destruction means Middle East militarily military cooperation miscalculation missile months mullahs ness North Korea Northern Alliance nuclear weapons Pakistan past decade peace persed political potential President Bush Qaeda cells Qaeda Network Qaeda operates questions rebuilding Afghanistan RELATIONS COMMITTEE FEBRUARY role rorism Saddam Hussein Saudi Arabia SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS September 11 series of hearings stand status quo struggle support terrorist SUPREME ALLIED Taliban Tehran threaten Union United WAR ON TERRORISM weapons of mass WHAT'S William Kristol
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Стр. 9 - I will not wait on events, while dangers gather. I will not stand by, as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons.
Стр. 7 - Helms, and members of the committee, for inviting me to testify before you today. You have asked me to address the question, "What's next in the war on terrorism?
Стр. 8 - On August 7, 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were simultaneously attacked, killing 12 Americans and more than 200 Africans.
Стр. 9 - America will always stand firm for the nonnegotiable demands of human dignity: the rule of law; limits on the power of the state; respect for women; private property; free speech; equal justice; and religious tolerance. America will take the side of brave men and women who advocate these values around the world, including the Islamic world, because we have a greater objective than eliminating threats and containing resentment. We seek a just and peaceful world beyond the war on terror.
Стр. 8 - ... condemned the attacks and authorized all necessary steps in response; NATO invoked Article 5, affirming that the attack on the United States represented an attack on the Alliance. Bush concluded that the United States should aggressively prosecute a global war on terror and destroy its enemies. He warned, "We will not wait for the authors of mass murder to gain weapons of mass destruction.
Стр. 9 - If you develop weapons of mass destruction [with which] you want to terrorize the world, you'll be held accountable." The January 29, 2002, State of the Union address marked the maturation of the Bush Doctrine. This war, according to the president, has "two great objectives." The first is defeating terrorism per se. The second objective marked an unequivocal rejection of the international status quo. "The United States of America...
Стр. 8 - States would wage war on terror "until we're rid of it." He also saw the potential threat of terrorists armed with chemical, biological, radiological, or even nuclear weapons: "We will not wait for the authors of mass murder to gain the weapons of mass destruction.
Стр. 8 - ... Administration. Even as terrorists and rogue regimes lost their superpower sponsor, they learned there would be few consequences from attacking America. President Clinton's policy was, as his first CIA director James Woolsey has said, "Do something to show you're concerned. Launch a few missiles into the desert, bop them on the head, arrest a few people. But just keep kicking the ball down the field.
Стр. 8 - On the evening of the attacks, he vowed to bring to justice "those who are behind these evil acts." Yet by September 20, when he addressed a joint session of Congress, he had determined that we were at war not only with a group of terrorists directly responsible for the attacks but with "every terrorist group of global reach" and with the "nations that provide safe haven to terrorism,
Стр. 8 - ... nations that provide safe haven to terrorism," as well. Over the past few months, the president's views of "our mission and our moment" have progressed further still. On November 6, he assured the Warsaw Conference on Combating Terrorism that the United States would wage war on terror "until we're rid of it.