Paul Bremer
Paul Bremer
Lewis Paul Bremer IIIis an American diplomat. He is best known for leading the occupational authority of Iraq following the 2003 invasion by the United States. He served in this capacity from May 11, 2003 until June 28, 2004...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth30 September 1941
CountryUnited States of America
thinking shortcuts sovereignty
I think there really is no shortcut to sovereignty.
patience real thinking
I think the Iraqi people have shown extraordinary patience and courage in the last few months. They have really put a political system on the way to success, to a real democracy here.
thinking people political
I think we Americans, of all people, understand the importance of a good, legal, constitutional framework as the basis of political life.
thinking trying united-states
When the new wave of terrorism came on the modern world, which is the late 1960s, early 1970s, I think we spent about a decade, the United States and our allies, trying to figure out how to deal with it.
thinking focus serious
I think what we've learned is that the terrorist threat is serious, but it shifts. You cannot make a single person the sole focus of your counterterrorism.
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There are 40,000 Iraqi police on duty around the country. If they detect an attack about to happen, the police are the ones who are supposed to stop it.
actual certainly general saw
We saw this coming, in a general sense; certainly not the actual way it was done.
defeat
We have to do everything we can to defeat
behind democracy desire hall momentum provincial selection thirst town
My sense is there's a lot of momentum behind this desire for democracy here, ... We've had town hall meetings, selection of provincial councils ... all over this country. There's a real thirst for democracy.
country decide people send services social ticket
send in people who are effectively guerrillas and have them get in the country and try to set up social services and decide that these social services are their ticket to popularity.
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The fact of the matter is that we are facing a small group of bitter-enders who are basically trying turn the tide of history.
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The people who are attacking the coalition and who are trying to upset the security here are of course in the first instance attacking us. But in the end, they're really attacking the Iraqis, because they're really trying to undermine security, ... Security is the first and most important role of any government to its citizens.
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He is virulently anti-Western and is particularly anti-American, ... and he has the resources to fund considerable anti-American or anti-Western activity. So he is a concern, because he's got a clear motive and he's got the means to carry out -- or to pay people to carry out -- attacks.
certainly elections government job sovereign
It is certainly not unrealistic to think we could have elections by mid-year 2004 and when a sovereign government is installed -- my job here will be done.