Based on the people l've spoken to, I think the impression is: Is America safer from Al Qaeda? Yes. Is America weaker as a nation because we have overspent and over-focused on Al Qaeda? Yes. I think that would be the conclusion that people seem to have come to and that I tend to agree with.
Fences and walls can be effective and even soothing, at least for those who build them. - Richard Engel
Fences and walls can be effective and even soothing, at least for those who build them.
- Richard Engel
Every child is taught if you try to please everyone, you end up upsetting everyone. - Richard Engel
Every child is taught if you try to please everyone, you end up upsetting everyone.
The Syrian border town of Qa'im was the main gateway Islamic radicals used to go to Iraq. Syria became the passageway for extremists from Egypt, Liby… - Richard Engel
The Syrian border town of Qa'im was the main gateway Islamic radicals used to go to Iraq. Syria became the passageway for extremists from Egypt, Liby…
Putting a bomb in a dumpster or putting it with a timer by a race, it is not the kind of - similar to the attacks that we've seen where people open f… - Richard Engel
Putting a bomb in a dumpster or putting it with a timer by a race, it is not the kind of - similar to the attacks that we've seen where people open f…
Shaped like Texas, but twice as big, Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world. It exports almost nothing - mostly just cotton, gold and live… - Richard Engel
Shaped like Texas, but twice as big, Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world. It exports almost nothing - mostly just cotton, gold and live…
Everest has a special place in all of our imaginations. For centuries, Everest was a little bit like the moon. It was the place where everyone wanted… - Richard Engel
Everest has a special place in all of our imaginations. For centuries, Everest was a little bit like the moon. It was the place where everyone wanted…
A lot of Iran's empowerment is a result of the war in Iraq. - Richard Engel
A lot of Iran's empowerment is a result of the war in Iraq.
Were all bloggers and punks and rebels with cameras. There is absolutely no respect for career journalists anymore. - Richard Engel
Were all bloggers and punks and rebels with cameras. There is absolutely no respect for career journalists anymore.
I dont look for good-news stories or bad-news stories. - Richard Engel
I dont look for good-news stories or bad-news stories.
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