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

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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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After all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
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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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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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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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America wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.
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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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Russia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.
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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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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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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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Information technology has politicized the world’s population.
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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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I don’t think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.
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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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The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
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