Paul Wolfowitz Quotes About Security

Quotes about: Security

• It's hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and secure the surrender of Saddam's security forces and his army. Hard to imagine.

  Paul Wolfowitz

  War, Army, Iraq

  "Wolfowitz On U.S. Role In Other Nations' Affairs". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. September 5, 2009.

• There has been a good deal of comment — some of it quite outlandish — about what our postwar requirements might be in Iraq. Some of the higher end predictions we have been hearing recently, such as the notion that it will take several hundred thousand U.S. troops to provide stability in post- Iraq, are wildly off the mark. It is hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and to secure the surrender of Saddam's security forces and his army — hard to imagine.

  Paul Wolfowitz

  War, Army, Iraq

  House Budget Committee testimony on Iraq, February 27, 2003.

• It would be a huge mistake to abandon democracy promotion. Peaceful political change has been enormously successful in the past years in Eastern European countries as well as in countries like South Korea, South Africa, Chile and Indonesia. However, if possible, the use of force is something to avoid except in cases where genocide is threatened, like Bosnia or Libya or with regimes that threaten our security, like the Taliban and Saddam Hussein.

  Paul Wolfowitz

  Country, Mistake, Successful

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• After a regime is removed, however, it is dangerous to leave a security vacuum.

  Paul Wolfowitz

  Vacuums, Regimes, Dangerous

  "Bush Advisor Wolfowitz Says He'll Likely Vote for Clinton". Interview with Gordon Repinski, www.spiegel.de. August 26, 2016.

• Our security depends on having good relationships with our allies. Donald Trump mainly shows contempt for them.

  Paul Wolfowitz

  Good Relationship, Allies, Trump

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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