For 9-11:
09-11-03 "May we not forget all of the people who have paid the ultimate price any human being may ever pay, the mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters, the unknown soldiers and innocent victims, the brave and the meek, the strong and the weak, dead to settle some score, dying on foreign shores and at strangers' hand on the battlefields of history, pawns in machinations set forth by powers equally strange. Dying alone, as we all ultimately are in death, but not forgotten." By JARII
I chose quotes about war to earmark the occasion because 9-11 was an act of war, against humanity, against all of us.
"I become Death, the Destroyer of
Worlds."
- J. Robert Oppenheimer, a scientist involve with the development of the atomic
bomb (July 16, 1945 quoting the Hindu Scriptures after the first atomic bomb
detonation)
"I know not with what weapons
World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and
stones."
-Albert Einstein
"Our aim is not to destroy all
armed force in Germany, because any intelligent man will understand that this is
as impossible in the case of Germany as in the case of Russia. It would be
unreasonable on the part of the victor to do so. To destroy Hitler's army is
possible and necessary."
-Josef Stalin
"The League of Nations is still
strong enough by its collective actions to avert or arrest aggression... There
is no room for bargaining or compromise."
- Foreign Commissar Litvinoff (September 21, 1938)
"This war is not an ordinary war.
It is the war of the entire Russian people. Not only to eliminate the danger
hanging over our heads, but to aid all people groaning under the yoke of
Fascism."
- Josef Stalin (June 22, 1941)
"Oh merciful lord crown our
effort with victory and give us faith in the inevitable power of light over
darkness, of justice over evil and brutal force Of the cross of Christ over the
Fascist swastika so be it, amen."
- Sergei, Archbishop of Moscow (November 27, 1941)
"For the burned cities and
villages; for the deaths of our children and our mothers; for the torture and
humiliation of our people; I swear revenge upon the enemy I swear that I would
rather die in battle with the enemy then surrender myself my people and my
country to the Fascist invaders. Blood for blood! Death for death!"
- Russian War Oath
"We secured peace for our country
for one and a half years, as well as an opportunity of preparing our forces for
defense if fascist Germany risked attacking our country in defiance of the pact.
This was a definite gain to our country and a loss for fascist Germany."
- Josef Stalin (July 3, 1941, speaking about the non-aggression pact
between the USSR and Germany made in 1939)
"The situation of your troops is
desperate. They are suffering from hunger, sickness and cold. The cruel winter
has scarcely begun. Hard frosts, cold winds and blizzards still lie ahead. Your
soldiers are not provided with winter clothing and are living in appalling
sanitary conditions. Your situation is hopeless, and any further resistance
senseless."
- General Rokossovski (on a note to the 6th Army trapped in Stalingrad)
"All that the Great Lenin created
we have lost forever!"
- Josef Stalin (1941, after the Nazi armies' early victories in USSR)
09-10-2003 Added page dedicated to nuclear weapons and atomic energy related material. Populated with three
documents including August 2003 storage guidelines doc. Interesting stuff. Atomic
09-09-2003 The propaganda effort for the next war is getting under-way, next target Iran. They tried to start
this effort on the very same day that yellowcake broke, then it faded into the background. Now that we have
all forgotten, they're at it again.I hope the forged documents are of better quality this time. Iranian WMDs,
next week from G. Bush. CNN Sep. 8, 2003