Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It’s the United States.
BRENT SCOWCROFTAfter all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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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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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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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 radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
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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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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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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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It’s not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
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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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Europeans are familiar with terrorism and violence. We have not experienced a true conflict on our soil in a hundred years, and especially not one that involved 3,000 dead.
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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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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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