John Yoo Quotes About Al Qaeda

• It has never demonstrated any desire to provide humane treatment to captured Americans. If anything, the murders of Nicholas Berg and Daniel Pearl declare al Qaeda's intentions to kill even innocent civilian prisoners.

  John Yoo

  Desire, Pearls, Als

• The United States is at war with the al Qaeda terrorist group. Al Qaeda is not a nation-state and it has not signed the Geneva Conventions. It shows no desire to obey the laws of war; if anything it directly violates them by disguising themselves as civilians and attacking purely civilian targets to cause massive casualties.

  John Yoo

  War, Desire, Terrorist

  Fuente: www.guernicamag.com

• El esfuerzo por difuminar las fronteras entre Guantánamo y Abu Ghraib refleja un profundo malentendido sobre los distintos regímenes jurídicos que se aplican a Irak y a la guerra contra Al Qaeda.

  John Yoo

  War, Iraq, Effort

• There are pros and cons about the policy decision whether to follow the Geneva Conventions in a war where they do not legally apply. Among the pros might be benefits for America's image, its ability to argue in future conflicts that the Conventions should be followed, and training soldiers to follow only the Geneva standards. Among the cons might be greater security and safety for our troops who capture and detain al Qaeda operatives and the ability to gather more actionable intelligence swiftly.

  John Yoo

  War, Safety, Decision

  Fuente: www.guernicamag.com

• La aplicación de normas diferentes a Al Qaeda no abandona Ginebra, sino que se limita a reconocer que Estados Unidos se enfrenta a un enemigo apátrida nunca contemplado por las Convenciones.

  John Yoo

  Enemy, Doe, Different

• I do not think that torture is necessary. But it may be the case that interrogation methods that go beyond questioning, but do not arise to the level of torture, may be necessary to get actionable intelligence from high-ranking al Qaeda leaders.

  John Yoo

  Thinking, Leader, Torture

  Fuente: www.guernicamag.com

• Los defensores de los derechos humanos, por ejemplo, afirman que los malos tratos infligidos a los prisioneros iraquíes coinciden con la decisión adoptada por el Presidente Bush en 2002 de denegar a los combatientes de Al Qaeda y los talibanes la condición jurídica de prisioneros de guerra en virtud de los Convenios de Ginebra.

  John Yoo

  War, Rights, Decision

  "Terrorists Have No Geneva Rights" by John Yoo, www.wsj.com. May 26, 2004.

• Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It makes little sense to deprive ourselves of an important, and legal, means to detect and prevent terrorist attacks while we are still in the middle of a fight to the death with al Qaeda.

  John Yoo

  Malo, Lucha, Importante

• Castigar los abusos en Irak no debe devolver a Estados Unidos al 10 de septiembre de 2001 en su forma de combatir a Al Qaeda, mientras Osama bin Laden y sus principales lugartenientes sigan en libertad y sigan planeando atentados.

  John Yoo

  Fighting, Iraq, Abuse

• Al Qaeda no es un Estado-nación y no ha firmado las Convenciones de Ginebra. No muestra ningún deseo de obedecer las leyes de la guerra; si acaso las viola directamente disfrazándose de civiles y atacando objetivos puramente civiles para causar bajas masivas.

  John Yoo

  War, Law, Desire

  Fuente: www.guernicamag.com

• Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could use WMDs, is by acquiring information that allows for pre-emptive action.

  John Yoo

  Mean, Wmd, Goal

• Personally, I do not think that torture is necessary. But it may be the case that interrogation methods that go beyond questioning, but do not arise to the level of torture, may be necessary to get actionable intelligence from high-ranking al Qaeda leaders

  John Yoo

  Thinking, Leader, Levels

  Fuente: www.guernicamag.com

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