The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.
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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I’m afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.
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The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
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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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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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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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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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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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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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Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It’s the United States.
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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. They want to achieve a return to the Islamic purity of the Middle Ages.
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