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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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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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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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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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If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.
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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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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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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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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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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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The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.
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It’s not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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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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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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