We’ve had Saudis and Jordanians and Pakistanis who have – and Syrians – who have been involved in armed attacks against coalition forces in Iraq. Richard Armitage Read Quote
I don’t know if, at the end of the day, how brave Saddam Hussein would be if he were stripped of his bodyguards and everything else. Richard Armitage Read Quote
Let’s face it, the Obama administration was handed a pretty poor deal from the previous administration. Richard Armitage Read Quote
Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good. But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House. Richard Armitage Read Quote
What could be better in al-Qaeda’s mind than to have India and Pakistan going at each other? What more to further their aims? Richard Armitage Read Quote
The war we are fighting today against terrorism is a multifaceted fight. We have to use every tool in our toolkit to wage this war – diplomacy, finance, intelligence, law enforcement, and of course, military power – and we are developing new tools as we go along. Richard Armitage Read Quote
You know, there’s a real irony in U.S. assistance programs. First of all, I think it’s misnamed. We’re not so much trying to help people as we’re trying to help ourselves. So let’s be clear about this. So these are – in my view, they’re cold calculations of national security and not aid programs. Richard Armitage Read Quote
I think that although we say we don’t want to be the policeman of the world and et cetera, when 911 is dialed, it’s the United States that has to answer the call. Richard Armitage Read Quote
There is a growing recognition about China as a power in the ascent, and there is a question out there about what China will do with their new ascension. Richard Armitage Read Quote
