„America has never fought a war against a democracy, and our closest friends are governments that protect the rights of their citizens. No matter how callously defined, neither America’s interests — nor the world’s — are served by the denial of human aspirations.“

— Barack Obama

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„And so we went to war against al Qaeda to protect our citizens, our friends, and our allies.“
— Barack Obama
„Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.“
— Ernest Hemingway
„There is neither spirit nor matter in the world; the stuff of the universe is spirit-matter. No other substance but this could produce the human molecule.“
— Pierre Teilhard De Chardin
„The authenticity and universal applicability of these guarantees were never questioned by a democratic power — until recently, and by America! Instead of honoring the historic restraints, our political leaders decided to violate them, using the excuse that we are at war against terrorism. It is obvious that the Geneva Conventions were designed specifically to protect prisoners of war, not prisoners of peace.“
— Jimmy Carter