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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.

Brent Scowcroft

I’m afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.
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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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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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Boys Problem West
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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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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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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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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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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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
Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It’s the United States.
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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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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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I don’t think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.
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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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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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