Quotes by Brent Scowcroft

Brent Scowcroft

A colossal event is upon us, the birth of a New World Order.

Events

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Order

After the ’30s, we said, “no more Munichs.” And it got us in a lot of problems. Then we said, “No more Vietnams.” Now if we say, “No more Iraqs,” the next one won’t be an Iraq. It will be something different. You can’t learn lessons.

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Iraq

Vietnam

America wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.

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People

Want

An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes.

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Ideas

Mistake

Because national borders are eroding, because of the growth of non-state actors. It’s a different kind of a world. We are tied down by a tiny little country – Iraq. It’s amazing, given the disparity in military economic strength. It’s a world where most of the big problems spill over national boundaries, and there are new kinds of actors and we’re feeling our way as to how to deal with them.

Country

Iraq

Military

But figuring out Saddam Hussein was one our greatest mysteries. He marched to his own drummer and frequently as this unfolded he made decisions which were sometimes inexplicable to us and sometimes didn’t look very smart.

Decision

Looks

Smart

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.

Iraq

Risk

War

But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks.

Organization

Sept 11

Ties

But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don’t agree with that, because I don’t think we’re capable of doing that.

Believe

Thinking

World

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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Firsts

Thinking

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Quotes by Brent Scowcroft

Brent Scowcroft

A colossal event is upon us, the birth of a New World Order.

After the ’30s, we said, “no more Munichs.” And it got us in a lot of problems. Then we said, “No more Vietnams.” Now if we say, “No more Iraqs,” the next one won’t be an Iraq. It will be something different. You can’t learn lessons.

America wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.

An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes.

But figuring out Saddam Hussein was one our greatest mysteries. He marched to his own drummer and frequently as this unfolded he made decisions which were sometimes inexplicable to us and sometimes didn’t look very smart.

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.

But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks.

But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don’t agree with that, because I don’t think we’re capable of doing that.

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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