“I told my father I had to try political science for a year. He thought I was throwing my life away.” TryingYearsPoliticalFatherThrowingPolitical Science Author:Paul Wolfowitz
“It would be a huge mistake to abandon democracy promotion. Peaceful political change has been enormously successful in the past years in Eastern European countries as well as in countries like South Korea, South Africa, Chile and Indonesia. However, if possible, the use of force is something to avoid except in cases where genocide is threatened, like Bosnia or Libya or with regimes that threaten our security, like the Taliban and Saddam Hussein.” IfsYearsWellsHas BeensCountryUseWould BePastPoliticalForceMistakeCasesDemocracySuccessfulSecurityHugeSouthPeacefulAbandonGenocideRegimesSouth AfricaThreatenedSaddamEasternHusseinPromotionKoreaIndonesiaTalibanLibyaChileEuropean CountriesBosniaUse Of ForceSouth KoreaPolitical Change Author:Paul Wolfowitz
“NATO is still the most remarkable alliance in history. It stuck together through 40 years of Cold War, and it then joined together to fight in Afghanistan. In the 1980s, I would not have thought this was going to be possible.” YearsStillsWarTogetherFightingColdStuckRemarkableAfghanistanCold WarAlliancesNato Author:Paul Wolfowitz
“There's a lot of money to pay for this ... the oil revenues of that country could bring between $50 and $100 billion over the course of the next two or three years...We're dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon.” YearsTwoWarCountryThreeCoursesNextPayOilBillionsFinanceThree YearsLots Of MoneyRevenueIraq WarReconstruction Author:Paul Wolfowitz
