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.
BRENT SCOWCROFTIf Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.
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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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The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
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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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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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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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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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America wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.
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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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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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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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Information technology has politicized the world’s population.
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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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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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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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If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.
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