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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.

Brent Scowcroft

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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Russia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.
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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
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.
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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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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 art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.
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Art Diplomacy Opportunity
The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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Government Helping Needs
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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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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It’s not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
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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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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
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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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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