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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.

Brent Scowcroft

The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.
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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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If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.
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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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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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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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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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It’s not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
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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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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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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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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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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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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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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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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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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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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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