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Brent Scowcroft

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
Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It’s the United States.
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Country People United States World
If you look back at the first Gulf war, the Arabs sent forces, they sent money. So their interests in Iraq are clear, but they’re nowhere to be seen now. Why? Because right now, it’s dangerous to be seen as supporting the United States.
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Country Money People United States War
The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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Government Helping Needs
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
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
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Better Country World People
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
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
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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Country Democracy People States
It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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Disputes Hussein Menace
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
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
The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.
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Art Diplomacy Opportunity
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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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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Consists Democracy Election

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