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If Iraq Were To Descend Into Chaos, The Europeans Would Feel The Effects Just As Much As We Would.

It's Not For Nothing That The Iranians Are Known As Rug Merchants. They Are.

I Believe The Chinese Are Gradually Realizing That They're Dependent On The System That, As They Run Out Of Energy, For Example, They Have To Reach Out To Foreign Sources For Energy, For Raw Materials. They Have To Reach Out To The World For Markets. They Have To Export. They Have To Maintain Full Employment. They've Got A Terrible Population Problem. So They Need A Stable World, In A Way.

After The '30s, We Said, "no More Munichs." And It Got Us In A Lot Of Problems. Then We Said, "no More Vietnams." Now If We Say, "no More Iraqs," The Next One Won't Be An Iraq. It Will Be Something Different. You Can't Learn Lessons.

My Point Was That Removing Saddam Should Not Have Been Our Highest Priority. Fighting Terrorism Should Have Been Our Number One Concern, Followed By The Palestinian Peace Process.