The United States and our allies and the Arab neighbors of Saddam ... must recognize that as long as Saddam Hussein remains in power he is a destabilizing factor for the entire region. He's a very dangerous man,
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If the two sides don't want to go to war, it is quite possible for them to avoid it through diplomacy and a little bit of good will, ... If, on the other hand, they want to go to war ... nothing we do can prevent it.Richard Holbrooke
Dayton is a demonstration that American leadership is indispensable. But leadership means cooperation with allies and pressure on adversaries. Neither rule was followed in Iraq , with disastrous consequences.
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I'm sorry I'm unable to go into any details at all-- you'll understand why, ... I can only say that we remain on an intense effort to find a peaceful and satisfactory outcome to what can only be called an emergency while in another part of Europe -- Brussels -- NATO continues to move in a very different form.
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He faces two futures now -- to spend the rest of his life on the run or else he can defend himself in the International Court of The Hague.
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we are on the brink of military action.
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It's a signal to the Palestinians that it's time to get back to talking to Israel, rather than try to isolate Israel by diplomatic means while the West Bank is aflame.
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