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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.

Brent Scowcroft

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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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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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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America wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.
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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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I don’t think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.
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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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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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It’s not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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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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The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.
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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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Information technology has politicized the world’s population.
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After all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
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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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