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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.

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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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Country Democracy Election People
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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Enlightenment Gone Share
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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Country Democracy People States
Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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Consists Democracy Election
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
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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Country People Strength Stronger
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 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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Country People Period Strategy War
The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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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
I don’t think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.
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Information technology has politicized the world’s population.
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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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Disputes Hussein Menace
Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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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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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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