The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
BRENT SCOWCROFTSaddam’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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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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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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After all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
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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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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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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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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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I don’t think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.
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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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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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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 the ’30s, we said, “no more Munichs.” And it got us in a lot of problems. Then we said, “No more Vietnams.” Now if we say, “No more Iraqs,” the next one won’t be an Iraq. It will be something different. You can’t learn lessons.
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Information technology has politicized the world’s population.
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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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