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“The most striking thing is that even before Osama bin Laden was killed, he seemed largely irrelevant to the Arab Spring.”

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Paul Wolfowitz

Paul Wolfowitz, born on December 22, 1943, is an American politician and scholar. He has held significant positions in the Clinton and Bush administrations and has had a wide-reaching influence in the field of international relations. more

“I don't know of a single instance of these Arab freedom fighters holding up pictures of bin Laden. I know many instances of them displaying American flags in Benghazi or painting 'Facebook' on their foreheads in Cairo. The idea of freedom . . . is absolutely contradictory to what bin Laden stood for, which was . . . taking Muslims back to some medieval theocracy and encouraging people to die not for freedom but to go to paradise and to kill innocent people along the way. The contrast is really striking.”

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“We did not go to war in Afghanistan or in Iraq to, quote, 'impose democracy.' We went to war in both places because we saw those regimes as a threat to the United States.”

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“Intelligence is not a science.”

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Author:Frank Carlucci

“And I argued with that intelligence estimate and I think it is a responsibility of policymakers to use their best judgment on the basis of the intelligence they've received.”

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“I wouldn't even know - and I spent three years in the CIA - I wouldn't even know how you'd start a covert action program in a place like Iran. It would be extraordinarily difficult.”

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Author:Frank Carlucci

“Look at what the Omar of Qatar is doing, for example - the King of Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain. There are reform movements taking place, efforts to broaden the political participation of the populations of the region.”

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“It took us 50 months in Germany, post World War II to go from the end of the war to a national election.”

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“Of course, China is a key to the North Korea if we're going to solve that riddle, but they could also be helpful on Iraq, which is why it's important that we maintain a constructive dialogue with China.”

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Author:Frank Carlucci

“Over a period of time, I think the popular will in Iran will prevail.”

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“Policymakers have to make judgments based on the best intelligence they get.”

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