It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
BRENT SCOWCROFTYes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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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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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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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.
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It’s not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
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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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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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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 wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.
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The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
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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 don’t think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.
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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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My point was that removing Saddam should not have been our highest priority. Fighting terrorism should have been our number one concern, followed by the Palestinian peace process.
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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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