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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.

Brent Scowcroft

Russia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.
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Russia Soul Trying
Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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Allies Progress Together Working
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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Country Hussein Internal People Situation
It’s not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
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Countries Known Merchants People
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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Boys Problem West
Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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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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Community Elements Radical Religion
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
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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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
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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Experience Soil Violence Years
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 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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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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Disputes Hussein Menace

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