Zbigniew Brzezinski Quotes
Are we going to start a war, the end of which we cannot see?
Zbigniew Brzezinski, U. S. National Security Advisor, Commenting on the then bipartisan policy of not allowing Iran to develop a nuclear weapon and explicitly leaving military force as a final option, CNN, Memo to the President, January 13, 2013
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For various historical reasons the United States and Iran at that time had no diplomatic relations and there was no easy way for the countries to negotiate their differences. The United States public policy was that Iran would not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon which was backed up by severe economic sanctions and the threat of military force. Kucinich wanted face to face negotiations and discussions before we resorted to military action.
Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as a counselor to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968 and was President Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor from 1977 to 1981. As a scholar, Brzezinski belonged to the realist school of international relations, standing in the geopolitical tradition of Halford Mackinder and Nicholas J. Spykman. Brzezinski was the primary organizer of The Trilateral Commission.
