Lakhdar Brahimi quotes - page 2

However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another. (Lakhdar Brahimi)
It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike. View quote
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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. View quote
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Iraq is a country that has been invaded. It's not a failing state that you want to help. It's a country that was functioning good or bad, with a horrible dictator, but you have invaded. View quote
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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. View quote
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