Richard Holbrooke
Richard Holbrooke
Richard Charles Albert Holbrookewas an American diplomat, magazine editor, author, professor, Peace Corps official, and investment banker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth24 April 1941
CountryUnited States of America
brought forge peace remember trying
While we are trying to forge a peace, we need to remember what brought us here.
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I'm a product of the Kennedy era. Kennedy's Inaugural plus the accident of Dean Rusk brought me into the government. Those were my values.
brought decision force people political terms uniform
People in uniform are not sacrosanct. They don't have all the answers. The use of force is a political decision at its core, in terms of its objectives; then the military, as the experts, must be brought in to tell you how to do it.
brought forge learning peace physical presence previous remember trying
We are not learning anything here that isn't in previous accounts, ... But to be in the physical presence of the events, that is different. While we are trying to forge a peace, we need to remember what brought us here.
balkans brought clearest current indicted leadership peace people point possible stability terms
I want to point out in the clearest possible terms that long-term peace and stability in the Balkans will not be possible as long as the current leadership in Belgrade is in power. And those people who have been indicted also should be brought to justice.
emergency
We're not out of the emergency yet. We're still in it.
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This tragedy in Kosovo has been a noble undertaking, ... Many foreigners, many Americans have said to me, 'Why is the United States bothering?' The answer is because we could make a difference and tried to make a difference.
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We are very concerned ... we are only a few days away from a tragedy of even greater dimensions. We might be on a collision course here between Yugoslavia and the Western authorities including NATO.
agreed point principle
At this point everyone's agreed to the principle of 51/49 but everyone's 51% and everyone's 49% is different,
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While the level of fighting (in Kosovo) may have abated temporarily, the capacity for its resumption is there,
ability integrity run strong support
We showed our very strong support for Montenegro's integrity and its ability to run its own affairs,
angry commit ourselves positive
We should commit ourselves to use the U.N. for positive purposes ... and not for inflaming already angry people,
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We don't want this in any way to affect our mission, ... I think you are going to see the international community prepare for a very strong and swift response against those responsible, and we all know who they are.
fully whether
Milosevic is now fully discredited or will be shortly whether he is in the Hague or in a Belgrade cell. Politically he is over.