Christopher Hitchens Quotes on Terrorism
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Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.
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Will an Iraq war make our Al Qaeda problem worse? Not likely.
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The death toll is not nearly high enough... too many [jihadists] have escaped.
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Interviewer: It seems to be acknowledged that there're more people out there supporting the aims of Al-Qaeda and groups like them, and are willing to die, as a result of this war, than perhaps there were previously? Hitchens: Well, you could as easily say that the number of people who used to be based in Afghanistan, have, as a result of the intervention there, relocated themselves and spread the virus in that way. Both of these arguments lead to only one terminus, which is: we should surrender to jihadism, and not try to oppose it, in case we make them upset.