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Simply killing everyone who is already a terrorist today won't solve the problem.

~Brent Scowcroft

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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.

~Brent Scowcroft

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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.

~Brent Scowcroft

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

~Brent Scowcroft

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Saddam is a familiar dictatorial aggressor, with traditional goals for his aggression.

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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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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.

~Brent Scowcroft

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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.

~Brent Scowcroft

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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.

~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.

~Brent Scowcroft

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Public Servant

Born: March 19th, 1925

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