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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.
Brent Scowcroft
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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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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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So far the changes in the president in his second term have been mainly of a rhetorical nature.
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After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
Brent Scowcroft
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Osama bin Laden is going after us to get us out of the region, so he can deal with the regimes that he sees in the region, or replace them with purists.
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Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
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The UN could help the Iraqi government get on its feet and help the United States withdraw a bit more.
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First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict.
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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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