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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.

Brent Scowcroft

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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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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Russia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.
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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
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Community Elements Radical Religion
The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.
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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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Information technology has politicized the world’s population.
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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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I don’t think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.
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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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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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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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