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If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.

Brent Scowcroft

Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It’s the United States.
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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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Chaos Country Feels People
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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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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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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Information technology has politicized the world’s population.
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After all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
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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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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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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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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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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
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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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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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