It's no better than say, sucking up to someone with a peace award in the hopes they don't start a war.

No, actually, this is how quoting works. See how, quite literally, they never said it was one or the other? You just made that up.

YOU, on the other hand, quoted them, then put words in their mouth that they didn't say. And I can quote that here.

You said it's one or the other.