Douglas Feith
Douglas Feith
Douglas J. Feithserved as the under secretary of Defense for Policy for United States president George W. Bush, from July 2001 until August 2005. His official responsibilities included the formulation of defense planning guidance and forces policy, United States Department of Defenserelations with foreign countries, and DoD's role in U.S. government interagency policymaking...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth16 July 1953
CountryUnited States of America
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Well we are hoping that the power of the community of free nations is such that our sovereignty our rights are not going to be challenged by anybody who's going try to undermine the freedom, the openness of our societies and our security.
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I mean, the idea that we could have peace no matter what anybody else in the world does didn't make sense to me.
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The world community knows that Iraq has chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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Here we are less than two years after the liberation of Baghdad, and an enormous amount of reconstruction has been done.
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I did think it was important to do what we could to train up Iraqis as a security force in advance of our military operation.
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What the UN inspectors can do is demonstrate to the world, help the Iraqi government demonstrate to the world that the Iraqis are cooperatively disarming if that is in fact what the Iraqi government decides to do.
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We have a substantial number of countries that have pledged and provided all kinds of support for the United States in the event that war becomes necessary in Iraq.
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We are a country that has many friends, many allies, when we operate in the world, we operate with friends and allies that's been true for decades and if we wind up going to war in Iraq it will be true in Iraq.
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We know that there are various activities important to the insurgents in Iraq that are occurring in Syria.
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The United States has some people in Europe with whom we disagree on this matter and a large number of people in Europe, including governments in Europe, with whom we agree.
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The key to making the inspections work is the Iraqi government making the crucial decision that because of the international pressure Iraq has to disarm itself.
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If all goes well, the Iraqis are going to have a country that's going to have a representative government and will be at peace with its neighbors and in the region.
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If you live in Israel and you see the way life is there and then you go abroad and see the way Israel is reported on, the way that Israel gets reported on night after night is simply pictures of bombings or military actions.
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Though public pronouncements of Israeli officials emphasize peace and mutuality, unilateralism actually drives Israeli actions.