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" The war of choice in Iraq could never have gained the congressional support it got without the psychological linkage between the shock of 9/11 and the postulated existence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. "

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" But if Russia is to be part of this larger zone of peace it cannot bring into it its imperial baggage. It cannot bring into it a policy of genocide against the Chechens, and cannot kill journalists, and it cannot repress the mass media. "

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Russia

Bring

Media

" Let's cooperate and challenge the administration to cooperate with us because within the administration there are also moderates and people who are not fully comfortable with the tendencies that have prevailed in recent times. "

" We have actually experienced in recent months a dramatic demonstration of an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States. "

" You know who's messianic? Netanyahu, because he talks that way. And that's a very risky position. "

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Position

Because

" The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation. "

" We should seek to cooperate with Europe, not to divide Europe to a fictitious new and a fictitious old. "

" What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the Cold War? "

" War on terrorism defines the central preoccupation of the United States in the world today, and it does reflect in my view a rather narrow and extremist vision of foreign policy of the world's first superpower, of a great democracy, with genuinely idealistic traditions. "

" We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree. "

" The Cold War did end in the victory of one side and in the defeat of the other. This reality cannot be denied, despite the understandable sensitivities that such a conclusion provokes among the tenderhearted in the West and some of the former leaders of the defeated side. "

" I don't approve of the notion that we should be announcing who should step down from the position of a head of a state unless we are seriously prepared to remove that person. But if we are not, if we are being prudent and careful, then let's also be careful with how we talk. "

" Saddam Hussein was an odious dictator, but he was also a very effective opponent of Iran. He was also a very effective opponent of al-Qaida. "

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Opponent

Iran

" Because America is a democracy, public support for presidential foreign-policy decisions is essential. "

" I cite these events because I think they underline two very disturbing phenomena - the loss of U.S. international credibility, the growing U.S. international isolation. "

" Hard power makes sense under some circumstances. But there's not a universal solution to global problems. "

" The future is inherently full of discontinuities, and lessons of the past must be applied with enormous caution. "

" During the nineteenth century, men died believing in the cause of royalty or republicanism. In reality, much of their sacrifice was rendered on the altar of the new nationalism. "

" The external Soviet empire lasted 45 years. It is shattered, beyond redemption or repair. "

" Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the demoralization and finally the breakup of the Soviet empire. "

" The security link between us and Europe is very important for European security but also for our security. "

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Link

Europe

" There's no point considering something which is very unrealistic. "

" As America's nuclear strategic monopoly faded, the United States sought to create advantages elsewhere, notably in the peaceful cooperation between the United States and communist China under Deng Xiaoping. "

" We don't have a public that really understands the world anymore, and in the age of complexity, that problem becomes much more difficult. "

" Yes, ISIS is a threat. It's more than a nuisance. It's also in many respects criminal violence. But it isn't, in my view, a central strategic issue facing humanity. "

Zbigniew Brzezinski

View

Yes

" I think we have to pay attention to the Arab masses not just in the Gulf States, but also in the hinterlands. "

" A waning United States would likely be more nationalistic, more defensive about its national identity, more paranoid about its homeland security, and less willing to sacrifice resources for the sake of others' development. "

" If we end up with war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran at the same time, can anyone see a more damaging prospect for America's world role than that? "

" We should be therefore supporting a larger Europe, and in so doing we should strive to expand the zone of peace and prosperity in the world which is the necessary foundation for a stable international system in which our leadership could be fruitfully exercised. "

" To his credit, Obama has undertaken a truly ambitious effort to redefine the United States' view of the world and to reconnect the United States with the emerging historical context of the twenty-first century. He has done this remarkably well. "

" We can't have an intelligent foreign policy unless we have an intelligent public, because we're a democracy. "