14
Sep
2021
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Situation in Afghanistan (debate)
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, 'I accuse Westerners of having no passion. You who were born of passion, you who became a people thanks to the passion of your revolution. So you do not understand what moves your enemies, our enemies. You don't understand what it is that allows him to fight in such a global and ruthless way this war against the West. It's passion. The power of passion, my dear ones! It is faith that comes from passion. It is the hatred that comes from passion. Allah-Akbar, Allah-Akbar! Jihad-Jihad! They're ready to die, to blow up, to kill us. To destroy us. And their leaders, (true leaders), the same. I knew him, Khomeini. I talked to him, I argued with him, for over six hours on two different days. And I tell you that he was a man of passion. That what moved him was faith, passion. I didn't know Bin Laden. Too bad ... But I watched it well when it appeared on TV. I looked him in the eye, I listened to his voice, and I tell you that he is a man of passion. That what moves him is faith, the hatred that comes from passion. To fight their passion, to defend our culture, that is, our identity and our civilization, armies are not enough. We don't need tanks, atomic bombs, bombers. It takes passion. The power of passion. And if you don't get it out, we don't get it out, I'm telling you, you'll be defeated. That we will be defeated. I tell you that we will return to the tents of the desert, that we will end up as wells without water. Wake up, then! Wake up, wake up. Oriana Fallaci, 26 October 2002.