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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.

Brent Scowcroft

I’m afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.
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Country Memories People United States
I don’t think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.
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Country Looks People System Thinking
The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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Government Helping Needs
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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Believe Thinking World
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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Explain Forthcoming Region Something
Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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Allies Progress Together Working
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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Country Different People Vietnam
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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Boys Problem West
Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It’s the United States.
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Country People United States World
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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Country Hussein Internal People Situation
Russia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.
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Russia Soul Trying
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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Country Money People United States War
Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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Allies Country Enemy People
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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Country People Strength Stronger
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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Fighting Followed Numbers Terrorism
It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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Disputes Hussein Menace

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