[lbo-talk] Condoleezza Rice, writing in 1999

[B.]

Some quotes I came across in an article Ms Rice wrote,
published in the January/February 2000 issue of
Foreign Affairs:

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"The lesson, too, is that if it is worth fighting for,
you had better be prepared to win. Also, there must be
a political game plan that will permit the withdrawal
of our forces -- something that is still completely
absent in Kosovo."

"[The military] is not a civilian police force. It is
not a political referee. And it is most certainly not
designed to build a civilian society."

"Using the American armed forces as the world's "911"
will degrade capabilities, bog soldiers down in
peacekeeping roles, and fuel concern among other great
powers that the United States has decided to enforce
notions of 'limited sovereignty' worldwide in the name
of humanitarianism."

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http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20000101faessay5-p0/condoleezza-rice/campaign-2000-promoting-the-national-interest.html