If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.
BRENT SCOWCROFTRussia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.
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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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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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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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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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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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America wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.
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After the ’30s, we said, “no more Munichs.” And it got us in a lot of problems. Then we said, “No more Vietnams.” Now if we say, “No more Iraqs,” the next one won’t be an Iraq. It will be something different. You can’t learn lessons.
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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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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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Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It’s the United States.
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It’s not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
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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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