1984 is Now... Linguistics, Propoganda & Terrorism

“There can be no let-up for terrorism — it must be hit with an iron fist. The battle with terrorism is a battle for everyone, a national battle, not only the government’s battle…  There’s no tolerance of terrorism or of those who use weapons to kill… We will not be lenient with those who work with outsiders against the country… Those who stand in the middle are traitors… We will defeat this conspiracy.”

- Syrian President Bashar Assad/ 2012

“Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime… But the only way to defeat terrorism as a threat to our way of life is to stop it, eliminate it, and destroy it where it grows… Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists, and every government that supports them… We will come together to give law enforcement the additional tools it needs to track down terror here at home.”

- President George Bush/ 2001

“Go to the internet and go to the FBI website and go to their international list of top ten terrorists. You will see Bin Laden there, bring his name up and his picture. Amazingly, all the charges: the embassy of '98 and this other stuff is all listed. But, ironically nothing on 9/11. NOTHING! Now when the FBI was pressed as to why 9/11 wasn't included, their response was "We don't have enough evidence." Now, people, if you're like me that is extremely disturbing; we've fought two wars, we've changed our entire foreign policy and we've had the PATRIOT act put on us, all, supposedly, because of Osama Bin Laden!”

- Jesse Ventura

“The object of terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is torture. The object of murder is murder. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?”

- George Orwell, 1984