Richard Holbrooke
Richard Holbrooke
Richard Charles Albert Holbrookewas an American diplomat, magazine editor, author, professor, Peace Corps official, and investment banker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth24 April 1941
CountryUnited States of America
brought decision force people political terms uniform
People in uniform are not sacrosanct. They don't have all the answers. The use of force is a political decision at its core, in terms of its objectives; then the military, as the experts, must be brought in to tell you how to do it.
define
In short, you can't let the deadline define the mission. The mission has to define the duration.
brussels continues details effort emergency europe intense move nato outcome peaceful remain sorry unable understand
I'm sorry I'm unable to go into any details at all-- you'll understand why, ... I can only say that we remain on an intense effort to find a peaceful and satisfactory outcome to what can only be called an emergency while in another part of Europe -- Brussels -- NATO continues to move in a very different form.
allies cooperation disastrous followed iraq leadership means neither pressure rule
Dayton is a demonstration that American leadership is indispensable. But leadership means cooperation with allies and pressure on adversaries. Neither rule was followed in Iraq , with disastrous consequences.
quo stable status
The status quo is stable, but it won't be stable forever,
diplomatic resolved sides
The differences between the two sides are real but small, and they can be resolved by diplomatic means.
decade history mess messy task war
This place has been a mess for a long time, but a different kind of mess. The war was messy, the decade that preceded the war was messy, the history back to 1912 was messy ... and the task is immense,
congo council critical helping peace region security step taken toward
The Security Council has taken a critical step toward helping Congo and the region come to the peace that it so desperately needs,
bosnia create helped vision
It was his ruthlessness and vision that helped to create Bosnia and Herzegovina,
bosnia exaggerate exist hard today
It's hard exaggerate this. If it had been for Alija Izetbegovic, Bosnia would not exist today ... He was the visionary.
clinton five literally lost time until withdrawn
This is literally the first time in five years of them acknowledging anything that Clinton did. Until now the U.S. has been so completely withdrawn that we have lost a lot of time.
associates came cell crimes ended exposed forward including justice life powerful rough witnesses
A rough kind of justice has ended his life in a padded cell after his crimes were exposed and witnesses came forward including his own associates and that, I think, had a powerful effect.
collapse process week
The OAU process got stalled in Algiers about a week ago .... It didn't collapse so much as it was suspended without progress.
general process
there's a general sense at the U.N. that process is what this place is all about.