Ivo Daalder Quotes

We are not in a state of war with anybody. - Ivo Daalder

This has the makings of classic conflict... The American view is to lean towards independence; the European Union will say, 'Let's figure out a way not to make that decision'; and the Russians on the opposite side saying, 'Over my dead body.' - Ivo Daalder

The whole reason for a threat is to show there is a line. And show that the U.S. will respond if he crosses it. - Ivo Daalder

The way in which the leak investigation is being pursued is becoming a symbol of who was right and who was wrong about the war. - Ivo Daalder

The trust Europeans, and the rest of the world in general, had placed in America's foreign policy is gone. And it is the lack of trust that now marks relations between the US and Europe. - Ivo Daalder

The Russians want to be an indispensable player in the Balkans. But they know they can only do that if they use their power wisely. They know that calling on Milosevic to cancel the second round is pointless, so they are holding fire until they can be more productive. - Ivo Daalder

The president has no incentive, political or otherwise, to talk about withdrawal now. He'd want to talk about it after we succeed in some significant way. - Ivo Daalder

The possibility of Libby being indicted, and the whole Cheney angle... is all about proving in some sense that they were wrong and therefore that we who opposed the war and never thought the intelligence was right have been proven correct. - Ivo Daalder

The overt message is that preventing nuclear proliferation is important. - Ivo Daalder

The long and short of it is that when Bush was reelected he realized he had alienated our friends in Europe and that many of the costs of engaging abroad were just too large for the US to carry alone. - Ivo Daalder

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