But you’ve got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that there is no ground with this man or woman except to fight them. Lakhdar Brahimi Read Quote
What again I tell my people is that no matter how much you know, it’s never enough. You will always discover, after the fact, that you’ve missed something. Lakhdar Brahimi Read Quote
The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations. Lakhdar Brahimi Read Quote
There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world. Lakhdar Brahimi Read Quote
But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan. Lakhdar Brahimi Read Quote
To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore. Lakhdar Brahimi Read Quote
There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike. Lakhdar Brahimi Read Quote
When you go from one place to another, you go with experience, you don’t go with prescriptions. Lakhdar Brahimi Read Quote
You are dealing with people who have taken the responsibility of killing their own because they think that they are right, they think that they are serving the interests of their people. They not going to give that up easily, just because you’ve shown up. Lakhdar Brahimi Read Quote
