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Brent Scowcroft

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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It’s not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
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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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Country Money People United States War
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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The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
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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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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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I don’t think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.
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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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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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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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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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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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I’m afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.
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