Malcolm Nance Quotes

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Al Qaeda has dominated the battlefield of the soul among the disaffected, disenfranchised, and dissatisfied. It promises action instead of discussion.

Soul Action Promises Battlefield Al Discussion Disenfranchised Dissatisfied Dominated Qaeda Al-Qaeda Among Instead

Osama bin Laden has managed to replace fear of God and adherence to the Quran with his philosophy of jihad above all else. What's behind that facade is the true philosophical intentions of al Qaeda: the establishment of a new Islamic caliphate that will defeat democracy as the greater of the two political orders.

Identifying terrorists on the battlefield is relatively simple.

Simple Battlefield Terrorists Identifying Relatively

Across all U.S. intelligence agencies, there is a lack of cultural respect and a poorly tuned attitude toward foreign peoples and cultures.

Attitude Intelligence Respect Lack Agencies Cultural Cultures Intelligence Agencies Poorly Tuned Across Foreign People Toward

The attacks of September 11 were made possible, in part, by the fact that U.S. law enforcement had a bias that 'rich Saudis are safe Arabs.' Al Qaeda understood that bias and relied on it to operate freely in the United States for years, even when the terrorists were engaged in activities that the authorities considered suspicious.

I have personally led, witnessed, and supervised waterboarding of hundreds of people.

People Personally Led Witnessed Hundreds Hundreds Of People

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In the media, waterboarding is called 'simulated drowning,' but that's a misnomer. It does not simulate drowning, as the lungs are actually filling with water. There is no way to simulate that. The victim is drowning.

Water Way Media Victim Drowning Filling Lungs Simulate Simulated Actually Does

Waterboarding should never be used as an interrogation tool. It is beneath our values.

Never Values Our Should Beneath Interrogation Tool Used

I know waterboarding is torture because I have been on the giving and receiving end of the practice.

Practice End Know Giving Receiving Torture Because Been

For an old spy and codebreaker like myself, nothing in the world happens by coincidence.

Myself World Nothing Like Coincidence Spy Happens Old

I started my career in Naval Intelligence when I entered as a Russian language interpreter sent to DLI, the Defense Language Institute.

Intelligence Language Career Defense Entered Institute Interpreter Naval Russian Sent Started

Whenever counterterrorism professionals see punditry and media make grand pronunciations on terrorism that defy all demonstrable evidence, an unrepeatable oath is usually muttered.

See Media Terrorism Make Counterterrorism Defy Evidence Grand Oath Professionals Whenever

Republicans are so taken by and loyal to Trump that they will believe and do anything he says.

Believe Will He Anything Loyal Republicans Says Taken Trump

The Republicans want an autocracy where the rights of minorities and others are not protected.

Others Want Rights Where Autocracy Minorities Protected Republicans

Vladimir Putin is creating an axis of authoritarian regimes that he will lead.

Will He Lead Creating Authoritarian Axis Putin Regimes Vladimir Putin

Russia's a small country. It's really poor. It has nothing other than oil and weapons sales.

Nothing Poor Country Small Oil Russia Sales Small Country Weapons Other Really Than

I've been involved in air strikes against Syria and operations against Syria numerous times in my career.

Air Career Against Been Numerous Numerous Times Operations Strikes Syria Involved Times

I was a part of the planning and attack package intelligence team for the strike against Syria in 1983 - in which we lost a pilot and had another one captured until Jesse Jackson got him out - and numerous other operations against Syria both before the Iraq war and during the insurgency.

One of the most missed components of the entire insurgency in Iraq was that Syria and Bashar al-Assad facilitated Al Qaeda's operations in Iraq. They actually headquartered the Iraq Ba'ath Party and all of their escaped generals in Damascus.

Most Generals Missed Party Al Components Escaped Insurgency Iraq Operations Syria Qaeda Actually Entire

It annoys me right-wing extremism is not equated to Islamic extremism.

Me Right-Wing Extremism Annoys Equated Islamic

There are no military options for Iran. Attack them, and they will destroy the Gulf States oil industries, rain hundreds of missiles onto Israel, close the Arabian Gulf, and shoot oil prices to $300 per barrel, which could cause our own economic downfall.

The global jihad movement ideology is a destructive religious cult. It is so un-Islamic that it is virtually anti-Islamic.

Movement Ideology Jihad Cult Destructive Virtually Global Religious

We have already seen ISIS use Donald Trump in their propaganda directly. I mean, I will go so far as to say Donald Trump is the ISIS candidate.

Go Will Say Donald Trump Candidate Directly Propaganda Donald Far Mean Seen Trump Use

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