In terms of Iraq, al Qaeda valued Iraq because we destroyed a government it wanted destroyed and because we put soldiers on the ground and forces tha…

- Michael Scheuer

The Islamists started this war. They explained to us as clearly as General Giap and Ho Chi Minh explained to us why they were fighting us, and we hav…

- Michael Scheuer

You become an anti-Semite. And as powerful as the Israeli lobby is, the Saudi lobby is just as powerful. In fact, the Saudis probably have more money…

- Michael Scheuer

Major danger lie for America? That we could very well be defeated oversees and at home. And the source of it is clearly that we have yet to find a po…

- Michael Scheuer

It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's better even to call it America…

- Michael Scheuer

You can forgive your leaders for not knowing the intricacies of Islamic history. You cannot forgive them for not knowing their own. And when you look…

- Michael Scheuer

Our leaders continue to say that we're making strong headway against this problem. And I think we are not.

- Michael Scheuer

One of the problems of not allowing the American people to read what bin Laden has said is that in October 2001 just after the war began in Afghanist…

- Michael Scheuer

He [Osama bin Laden] is clearly an odd combination of a 12th-century theologian and a 21st-century CEO. He runs an absolutely unique organization in …

- Michael Scheuer