Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It’s the United States.
BRENT SCOWCROFTRussia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.
More Brent Scowcroft Quotes
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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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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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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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Russia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.
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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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The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
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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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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.
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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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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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