Unwarranted Intervention Quotes

The Pakistani Intelligence Service and the Pakistan Army were never under the control of the civilian government which wanted an alliance with the United States in the War on Terror. However, the Pakistani military and especially their intelligence service (ISI) wanted the support of Al Qaeda and the Muslim religious extremists in Pakistan in their endless crusade against India. The Afghanistan Taliban could not sustain their attacks if they were not given sanctuary, weapons, and supplies over the border in Pakistan, This was arranged and given the go ahead by the ISI. Holbrooke, with American responsibility for BOTH Afghanistan and Pakistan speculated that the war in Afghanistan would end if we attacked the Pakistani ISI and blocked their supply and sanctuary activities, hence the quotation. “The Wrong Enemy” was taken from this quote by Carlotta Gall in her book in the role of Pakistan in the Afghanistan War.

The FBI had obtained a court order requiring apple to write software that could hack into a person's iPhone. Apple, with most other hi-tech companies in support, filed a motion with the court opposing the order. The FBI shortly thereafter withdrew its request for the order saying that they had found other solutions, when they had originally told the court that there were no other solutions.