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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.

Brent Scowcroft

Saddam’s ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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Country Democracy Election People
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
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
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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Country Hussein Internal People Situation
If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.
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Chaos Country Feels People
After the ’30s, we said, “no more Munichs.” And it got us in a lot of problems. Then we said, “No more Vietnams.” Now if we say, “No more Iraqs,” the next one won’t be an Iraq. It will be something different. You can’t learn lessons.
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Country Different People Vietnam
Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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Allies Country Enemy People
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
Since the days of Peter the Great, Russians have been maybe Europeans who didn’t share in the enlightenment and the reformation, or are they Mongol Asians with the European veneer. And they’ve gone back and forth.
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Enlightenment Gone Share
The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
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Community Elements Radical Religion
Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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Allies Progress Together Working
Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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Consists Democracy Election
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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Boys Problem West
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
I don’t think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.
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Country Looks People System Thinking
The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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