Quotes by James Woolsey

“One of the generals, I think, said yesterday that over 90 percent of the attacks that occurred in the country, including those outside the Sunni triangle, are coming from within that Sunni triangle. Its there that I think they really have to win the war.”

“As we move toward a new Middle East, ... over the years and, I think, over the decades to come ... we will make a lot of people very nervous.”

“Our response should be, good!”

“They are looking hard for technology to get leverage with their conventional forces and to move more quickly than they have been able to in the past into the world of computers, electronics and so on.”

“Its as if we were fighting with dragon for some 45 years and slew the dragon and then found ourselves in a jungle full of a number of poisonous snakes.”

“a lot harder to keep track of than the dragon ever was.”

“It has to be looked at in the context of whether this interim agreement is a valuable agreement and if releasing Pollard ... contributes to it. Thats a presidential decision. Thats why the president makes the big bucks.”

“a real success for her.”

“had to do with coordination of intelligence in the United States.”

“[The CIA has a] unique responsibility to steal secrets, ... That is absolutely timeless.”

Weve got jihadists. That doesnt mean that all Muslims are problems with respect to terrorism, but there is something going on here. Weve got a problem dealing with one aspect of one portion of modern Islam - just as hundreds of years ago the world had a problem with Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition.

We arent addicted to oil, but our cars are.