Algerian - Public | January 1, 1934 -
What again I tell my people is that no matter how much you know, it's never enough. You will always discover, after the fact, that you've missed something.
Lakhdar Brahimi
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Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority.
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The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations.
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There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
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Afghanistan is a land-locked country.
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A fly cannot go in unless it stops somewhere; therefore weapons, fuel, food, money will not go to Afghanistan unless the neighbors of Afghanistan are working, are cooperating, either being themselves the origin or the transit.
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But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan.
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To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.
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So, the international community are all the countries that are important: the United States definitely everywhere; the European Union because it is very important, and also, they do show a great deal of international responsibility; and then the local players.
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There is an element of luck, there is an element of trial and error, sometimes you fail, sometimes you succeed. It's not as beautifully simple as it may seem when we are talking about it.
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There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike.
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When you go from one place to another, you go with experience, you don't go with prescriptions.
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