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I don’t think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.

Brent Scowcroft

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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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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It’s not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
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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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Information technology has politicized the world’s population.
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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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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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America wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.
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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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Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It’s the United States.
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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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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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I’m afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.
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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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