Deputy Secretary of Defense “Mr. [Paul] Wolfowitz has been more ‘concerned about bombing Iraq than bombing Afghanistan,’ one senior [Bush] administration official said.” – Patrick E. Tyler and Elaine Sciolino, “Bush’s Advisers Split on Scope Of Retaliation,” The New York Times, Sep. 20, 2001 […]
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9/20/2001
“President Bush demanded tonight [September 20, 2001] that Afghanistan’s leaders immediately deliver Osama bin Laden and his network and close down every terrorist camp in the country or face military attack by the United States. ‘These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion,’ the president said in an address to a joint meeting of […]
9/20/2001
In an address to a joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001, President Bush said, regarding the 9/11 attacks: ” ‘I will not forget this wound to our country or those who inflicted it’… Then, summoning a Churchillian tone, he uttered the line he had resisted but that would become a memorable statement of […]
9/20/2001
“In Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, a meeting of 700 Muslim clerics from the Taliban movement that governs most of the country seemed near a final decision not to hand over Mr. bin Laden. [Pakistani President] General [Pervez] Musharraf said categorically that the Taliban had rejected a handover. But there were signs in Kabul of […]
9/20/2001
“The terrorist network, [President Bush] asserted in a resolute, hard-hitting speech [on September 20, 2001], includes thousands of operatives in more than 60 countries, which suggests the awesome scope of the task that the president has set for the United States and for those who stand beside it.” – R.W. Apple Jr., “A Clear Message: […]
9/20/2001
When addressing the Joint Session of the 107th Congress, President George W. Bush stated: “This war will not be like the war against Iraq a decade ago, with a decisive liberation of territory and a swift conclusion. It will not look like the air war above Kosovo two years ago, where no ground troops were used […]
9/20/2001
“Some senior [Bush] administration officials, led by Paul D. Wolfowitz, deputy secretary of defense, and I. Lewis Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, are pressing for the earliest and broadest military campaign against not only the Osama bin Laden network in Afghanistan, but also against other suspected terrorist bases in Iraq and […]
9/20/2001
“Afghanistan’s senior Muslim clerics adjusted their course today [September 20, 2001], issuing an edict that said Osama bin Laden should be persuaded to leave the country.” – John F. Burns, “Afghans Coaxing bin Laden, But U.S. Rejects Clerics’ Bid,” The New York Times, Sep. 20, 2001 […]
9/20/2001
President Bush addressed the nation on September 20, 2001: ” ‘Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.’ At this point there was applause. ‘From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by […]
9/20/2001
In a speech to a joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001, President Bush said: ” ‘We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them against one another, drive them from place to place until there is no refuge or no rest. And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. […]