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The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.

Brent Scowcroft

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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Russia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.
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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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If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.
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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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Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It’s 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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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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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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America wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.
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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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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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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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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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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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