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Russia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.

Brent Scowcroft

The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous. They want to achieve a return to the Islamic purity of the Middle Ages.
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Age Dangerous Elements Islamic
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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Experience Soil Violence Years
It’s not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
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Countries Known Merchants People
America is stronger than any state probably since the Roman Empire. But we can’t do what used to be done with that kind of strength.
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Country People Strength Stronger
But the central point is that any campaign against Iraq, whatever the strategy, cost and risks, is certain to divert us for some indefinite period from our war on terrorism.
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Country People Period Strategy War
I’m afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.
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Country Memories People United States
Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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Consists Democracy Election
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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Explain Forthcoming Region Something
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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Broke Country People Thinking Weak
America wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.
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Better Country World People
Russia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.
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Russia Soul Trying
After all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
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Country Democracy Firsts People
The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
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Community Elements Radical Religion
Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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My point was that removing Saddam should not have been our highest priority. Fighting terrorism should have been our number one concern, followed by the Palestinian peace process.
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The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.
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