The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
BRENT SCOWCROFTAfter all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
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The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.
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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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I don’t think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.
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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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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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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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I’m afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.
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After all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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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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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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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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Since the days of Peter the Great, Russians have been maybe Europeans who didn’t share in the enlightenment and the reformation, or are they Mongol Asians with the European veneer. And they’ve gone back and forth.
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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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