If you look at the history of the U.S., we were an empire long before we were a nation. - "Robert D. Kaplan"

If you look at the history of the U.S., we were an empire long before we were a nation.
Robert D. Kaplan

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Wherever you have weakening states and turmoil, you will have a fertile petri dish for terrorism.
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When you talk about aiding this country against that country or about fighting terrorism, when you actually take that decision and strip it down, it always comes down to one person in the field giving specialized training to somebody else in the field.
- Robert D. Kaplan