It’s not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
BRENT SCOWCROFTAmerica 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.
More Brent Scowcroft Quotes
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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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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’m afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.
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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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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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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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America wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.
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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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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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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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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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Information technology has politicized the world’s population.
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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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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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