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Europeans are familiar with terrorism and violence. We have not experienced a true conflict on our soil in a hundred years, and especially not one that involved 3,000 dead.
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Much of what we know about mathematics and trade comes from the Arabs. Then came stagnation, and now they’re the West’s whipping boy. This is a problem that cannot be solved overnight, and certainly not militarily.
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America wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.
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The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.
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The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
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America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.
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If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.
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I think America has to do more than be a broker now. Because both the Palestinians are weak and Israel is very weak.
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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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Russia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.
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To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn’t know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him.
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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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We have not been forthcoming about explaining a security relationship for the region, in which Iran can feel secure and thus maybe willing to do something.
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Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It’s the United States.
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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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I’m afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.
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