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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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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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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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Disputes Hussein Menace
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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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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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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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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Information technology has politicized the world’s population.
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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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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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I’m afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.
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It’s not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
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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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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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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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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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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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