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Iraqi Oil |
" ...We're not going to seize the Iraqi oil fields for
the benefit of American consumers. If we wanted to have cheap
oil, it would have been very easy. You just relax the sanctions
on Saddam and let him pump it." James
Woolsey, AEI seminar March 25, 2003 |
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democracy in the
middle east |
" I think that what is current in a lot of discussion
about this is the notion, especially in Europe but to some extent
in this country: 'You crazy Americans, there you go being idealistic
again. Everybody knows that Arabs can't run democracies'...I
think there is only one word for that notion, and that word
is 'racist.'" James
Woolsey, AEI seminar March 25, 2003 |
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democracy in the
middle east |
"... we are going to have to be involved for the next,
I think, several decades in helping change the face of the Middle
East. And the key alliance here, just as it was in the Cold
War, over and above our military power,the key alliance is going
to be with the moderate and sensible and reasonable Muslims
who constitute the vast major of the world's Muslims and their
understanding that we are on their side" James
Woolsey, AEI seminar March 25, 2003 |
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Saudi Arabia |
" Saudi Arabia is a very complex country. Many of our
current problems I think derive from the extraordinary influence
of the Wahabi sect, which has been allied with the House of
Sauds since the 18th century... The Wahabis hate all Jews, Christians,
and Muslims who aren't like them, and they like to lop off heads
and stone..." James
Woolsey, AEI seminar March 25, 2003 |
James
Woolsey