Until we respect bin Laden, we are going to die in numbers that are probably unnecessary. Michael Scheuer Read Quote
Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden’s a great man in the sense that he’s influenced the course of history. Michael Scheuer Read Quote
Bin Laden does reprehensible activities, and we should surely take care of that by killing him as soon as we can. But he’s not an irrational man. He’s a very worthy enemy. He’s an enemy to worry about. Michael Scheuer Read Quote
I’m much better informed than Mr. Clarke ever was about the nature of the intelligence that was available again Osama bin Laden and which was consistently denigrated by himself and Mr. Tenet. Michael Scheuer Read Quote
Bin Laden is remarkably eager for Americans to know why he doesn’t like us, what he intends to do about it and then following up and doing something about it in terms of military actions. Michael Scheuer Read Quote
It’s not a choice between war and peace. It’s a choice between war and endless war. It’s not appeasement. I think it’s better even to call it American self-interest. Michael Scheuer Read Quote
And if that’s what the American people want, then that’s what the policy should be, of course. But the idea that anything in the United States is too sensitive to discuss or too dangerous to discuss is really, I think, absurd. Michael Scheuer Read Quote
No one wants to abandon the Israelis. But I think the perception is, and I think it’s probably an accurate perception, that the tail is leading the dog – that we are giving the Israelis carte blanche ability to exercise whatever they want to do in their area. Michael Scheuer Read Quote
