Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It’s the United States.
BRENT SCOWCROFTWe 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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I don’t think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.
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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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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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Information technology has politicized the world’s population.
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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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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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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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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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If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.
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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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The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.
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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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