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Letter "P" » Phyllis Bennis Quotes
«Before and After: US Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis.»
«So far, the Democrats have been cowardly and unwilling to speak out. They need to do so if they want to reap the political benefits of Bush's unpopularity.»
«I hope that things can change in a way that will make it possible to cure the children that are now facing the result of this war and prevent further generations of children from facing the same thing.»
«[Israelis are also violating U.S. laws, specifically the terms of the Arms Export Act.] Arms exported abroad aren't supposed to be used except in self defense, certainly not in war or on people, ... Israel violates the arm export act when it uses F-16s to bomb and assassinate Hamas officials in Gaza and the West Bank.»
«Talking nice to the Saudi or Egyptian governments, [which] are themselves the target of a huge amount of rage ... is not going to get Hughes very far. If the US changed its policies, then her work of selling US policy [would become] much easier.»
«The United Nations is based on principles, embodied in the U.N. Charter, that require its leadership, especially the secretary-general, to stand and defend its principles against those trying to force the United Nations to become part of illegal wars, to endorse illegal occupations, or to ignore looming genocides,»
«The recent attacks on the secretary-general, easier to attack than the institution as a whole, have little to do with the actual (and quite limited) instances of corrupt activities in the secretariat, and everything to do with Annan's statement that the U.S. war in Iraq was illegal and the organisation's refusal to endorse the U.S.-UK invasion, ... Calling the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today's U.N.»
«Whether the proposed constitution is approved or rejected . . . it is a process and a text largely crafted and imposed by U.S. occupation authorities and their Iraqi dependents, and thus lacking in legal or political legitimacy.»
«We're seeing rapid changes in public opinion in favor of ending the war and bringing back the troops and it's beginning to be reflected in Congress.»
«This war has brought nothing but death and destruction to Iraq. Bringing the troops home is a first step to ending the war.»