Frank Carlucci Quotes

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• There's clearly something to be said for success and following through on your commitments.
• Intelligence is not a science.
• And I argued with that intelligence estimate and I think it is a responsibility of policymakers to use their best judgment on the basis of…
• I wouldn't even know - and I spent three years in the CIA - I wouldn't even know how you'd start a covert action program…
• Look at what the Omar of Qatar is doing, for example - the King of Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain. There are reform movements taking place, efforts…
• It took us 50 months in Germany, post World War II to go from the end of the war to a national election.
• Of course, China is a key to the North Korea if we're going to solve that riddle, but they could also be helpful on Iraq,…
• Over a period of time, I think the popular will in Iran will prevail.
• Policymakers have to make judgments based on the best intelligence they get.
• The Crown Prince has said he needs to broaden political participation in the governing of Saudi Arabia.
• We would like to have friendly regimes with enough broad participation of their populations to maintain long-term stability, so that we would have not only…
• These are all elements, but the main thing we can do in the Middle East is encourage the reformist elements.
• We went into Iraq because Iraq posed a threat to the stability of the region and was engaged in the process of trying to develop…
• So, I think even in Saudi Arabia there is movement. And we have to remember that over the years they've stabilized the oil price and…
• Putin has a lot at stake here and restoring the relationship with the United States, and there are already signs as Sandy mentioned that he's…
• The problem is that neither the M1 nor the M60 or indeed neither any tank, has sufficient ground pressure to drive a [bulldozer] blade into…
• My understanding is that what was provided was general order of battle information, not operational intelligence. I certainly have no knowledge of US participation in…
• I can remember when I was National Security Adviser, the intelligence community told us... they put out an intelligence report saying that Iran would never…
• And we ought to work our diplomacy first and I think it's a reason it's going to respond increasingly to our diplomacy particularly with the…
• But at the same time, I think we recognize we can't impose democracy from without, particularly American-style democracy. We need to work with those elements…

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