The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous. They want to achieve a return to the Islamic purity of the Middle Ages.
BRENT SCOWCROFTRussia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.
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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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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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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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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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Russia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.
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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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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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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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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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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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If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.
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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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After all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
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