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Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It’s the United States.

Brent Scowcroft

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
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
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
Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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Allies Progress Together Working
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
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
After all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
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Country Democracy Firsts People
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
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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Fighting Followed Numbers Terrorism
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
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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Country People Strength Stronger
Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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Allies Country Enemy People
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
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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Country Democracy Election People
The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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