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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.

Brent Scowcroft

The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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Government Helping Needs
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
I don’t think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.
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Country Looks People System Thinking
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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Broke Country People Thinking Weak
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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Age Dangerous Elements Islamic
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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Explain Forthcoming Region Something
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
I’m afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.
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Country Memories People United States
Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It’s the United States.
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Country People United States World
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
America wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.
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Better Country World People
Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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Allies Country Enemy People
After all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
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Country Democracy Firsts People
Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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Consists Democracy Election
It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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Disputes Hussein Menace
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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