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Lawrence Eagleburger Quotes

Lawrence Eagleburger quotes

American Diplomat August 1, 1930 – June 4, 2011

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Lawrence Eagleburger quote: "My father was somewhat to the right of Genghis Khan."
My father was somewhat to the right of Genghis Khan. Lawrence Eagleburger
The fact of the matter is that if we were going to do anything about Gaddafi, it should have been at the beginning. And by fooling around like this as long as we have, we have wasted an opportunity that would have gotten rid of him. Lawrence Eagleburger
Lawrence Eagleburger quote: "The consequence of a world full of nuclear powers to me is so..."
The consequence of a world full of nuclear powers to me is so incomprehensible in terms of the dangers that that implies. Lawrence Eagleburger
What I can't quite see at this stage is that the evidence, even to the president, seems to be that clear. And if it is that clear, I can't understand why we are not capable of convincing our closest allies that given that evidence, they ought to join us in this effort. Lawrence Eagleburger
If we had made it clear from the very beginning that we were not going to tolerate another nuclear power on the face of the earth, and had done it in Korea, where we could have accomplished it militarily, if necessary, I would put a stop to it and would have put a stop to it there. Lawrence Eagleburger
I believe that sooner or later we're going to have to deal with Saddam Hussein, because of his general reputation, because of what I'm convinced he's done with regard to terrorism and the support thereof. But I'm not at all sure I believe that it has to be right now. Lawrence Eagleburger
There's Hezbollah, there's Hamas, there is a whole range of terrorist targets out there related to Palestine and to Israel that we ought to be trying to deal with. And there's a great deal of targets in the Philippines, Indonesia. You name it, there are a number of places where there are targets that we ought to be trying to deal with. Lawrence Eagleburger
My point here is I think international pressures of our acting unilaterally again are going to be such that the administration will say, well, we just can't take this on now. Lawrence Eagleburger
The question is not really about a shift to the economic cone where officers are writing about the balance of payments and the need for economic stabilization. Lawrence Eagleburger
There are a lot of other terrorist targets we ought to be focusing on. Well, there is Syria, for example, which is pumping through - because of Iran, is pumping weapons on into Hezbollah and so forth - which is then producing a lot of agony in Palestine and in Israel. We ought to be doing a bit to try to stop that. Lawrence Eagleburger
The whole nuclear thing is a terrible mess and it's hard for me to understand why it is that we, the United States, seem to be the only ones that are really particularly concerned about it and prepared to do something. Lawrence Eagleburger
And beyond that, the next issue is how do we guarantee one of these weapons, not necessarily this missile, but nuclear weapons ends up in the hands of Al Qaeda or some other terrorist group. Lawrence Eagleburger
Some day, somebody is going to have to start talking about what happens to us all a decade from now if we let these North Koreans and the Iranians go forward with their nuclear weapons program. Lawrence Eagleburger
There are sometimes problems for which there is no immediate solution, and there are sometimes problems for which there is no solution. Lawrence Eagleburger

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