You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don't think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently.
Brent ScowcroftAmerica has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.
Brent ScowcroftIf you look back at the first Gulf war, the Arabs sent forces, they sent money. So their interests in Iraq are clear, but they're nowhere to be seen now. Why? Because right now, it's dangerous to be seen as supporting the United States.
Brent ScowcroftFor most of mankind, the average person knew what was happening in his own village and the next one, and nothing beyond that, and he didn't care, so that leaders were able to guide their countries almost irrespective of what people really thought because they weren't involved in it. Now, everybody knows what's happening instantaneously.
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