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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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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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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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Age Dangerous Elements Islamic
Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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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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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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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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After all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
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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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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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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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Since the days of Peter the Great, Russians have been maybe Europeans who didn’t share in the enlightenment and the reformation, or are they Mongol Asians with the European veneer. And they’ve gone back and forth.
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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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I don’t think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.
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Much of what we know about mathematics and trade comes from the Arabs. Then came stagnation, and now they’re the West’s whipping boy. This is a problem that cannot be solved overnight, and certainly not militarily.
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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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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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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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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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