Hagel: Because Israel 'Chained Down' Palestinians, They Use 'Tactic' Of Terrorism

Sen. Chuck Hagel before the Committee On Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, 1/24/07:

“That’s not the issue here. But when people have no hope, when there’s despair, little else matters. And this is not about terrorists don’t like freedom. Tell that to the Palestinian people who have been chained down for many, many years. Terrorism is not a strategy. It’s a tactic. Terrorism is not a plan. It’s not a belief like democracy or monarchy. It’s a tactic. It’s a tactic. And so it’s far more complicated than what, I think, a lot of us are led to believe.”