The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
Brent ScowcroftAfter 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.
Brent ScowcroftWho is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It's the United States.
Brent Scowcroft