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.
BRENT SCOWCROFTIt is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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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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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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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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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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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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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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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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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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After all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
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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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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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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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