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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.

Brent Scowcroft

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
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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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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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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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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Russia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.
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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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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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If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.
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The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.
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Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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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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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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It’s not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
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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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