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.
BRENT SCOWCROFTAmerica wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.
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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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America wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.
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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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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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Information technology has politicized the world’s population.
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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don’t agree with that, because I don’t think we’re capable of doing that.
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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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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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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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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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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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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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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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