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Since the days of Peter the Great, Russians have been maybe Europeans who didn’t share in the enlightenment and the reformation, or are they Mongol Asians with the European veneer. And they’ve gone back and forth.

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But the central point is that any campaign against Iraq, whatever the strategy, cost and risks, is certain to divert us for some indefinite period from our war on terrorism.
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Country People Period Strategy War
After all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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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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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
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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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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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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It’s not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
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The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.
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Information technology has politicized the world’s population.
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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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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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If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.
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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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