I think people took Grenada for what it turned out to be, which was a very specific incident and from which one couldn't necessarily make a lot of generalizations. John Negroponte American Diplomat More John Negroponte Quotes 0
I think there, there also had been just before I got to Honduras a rather spectacular capture of an arms shipment that from Nicaragua across Honduran test, territory destined for El Salvador and I think that some of that equipment had been also to Cuba and the Soviet bloc. John Negroponte American Diplomat More John Negroponte Quotes 0
It seems to be that when these communist regimes take over - if you look at the example of Vietnam or Cambodia or Nicaragua - that even in conditions of peace they don't seem to be able to figure out how to support their people, and the human suffering is enormous. John Negroponte American Diplomat More John Negroponte Quotes 0
Right, well I am, I was a career diplomat for 37 years from 1960 until 1997 during the early 1980s from 1981 to 1985 I was the United States Ambassador to Honduras. John Negroponte American Diplomat More John Negroponte Quotes 0
There was the situation in Nicaragua where the Sandinistas had taken over a couple of years earlier. There was a civil war going on in El Salvador and there was a similar situation in Guatemala. So Honduras was in a rather precarious geographic position indeed. John Negroponte American Diplomat More John Negroponte Quotes 0
To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform. John Negroponte American Diplomat More John Negroponte Quotes 0
We believe that the vote would have been close. We regret that in the face of an explicit threat to veto by a permanent member, the vote-counting became a secondary consideration. John Negroponte American Diplomat More John Negroponte Quotes 0
We negotiated with the Honduran government the establishment of a regional military training center, for training central American forces, but the primary motivation for doing that was to be able to bolster the quality, improve the quality of the El Salvadoran fighting forces. John Negroponte American Diplomat More John Negroponte Quotes 0
Well my briefing was that Honduras was a small and vulnerable country just back on the path towards democracy it was about to have just before I arrived, the first elections for a civilian president in more than 9 years. John Negroponte American Diplomat More John Negroponte Quotes 0
They have provided some valuable intelligence information with respect to the war on terror. John Negroponte More John Negroponte Quotes 0
It sounds like it's an interesting development. We'll have to wait and see what further develops on this question. ... I'm sure the inspectors are giving this their most rapid attention possible. I'm sure we'll be learning more as the day and the week progresses. John Negroponte More John Negroponte Quotes 0
The transitional arrangements that come into being will also allow the people of Iraq to benefit from their natural resources in a manner that will be transparent, and where the secretary-general and his representative will play an important role. John Negroponte More John Negroponte Quotes 0
I think it'll be a chance for the co-sponsors to explain the rationale behind the resolution in greater detail and address whatever questions the other members may have with respect to our proposal. John Negroponte More John Negroponte Quotes 0
We may find that our self-defense requires further actions with respect to other organizations and other states. John Negroponte More John Negroponte Quotes 0
I'd heard enough. ... I didn't hear anything new and of course don't accept any of the kinds of allegations and preposterous positions that he put forward. John Negroponte More John Negroponte Quotes 0
specific directions for terrorist attacks continue to be issued from terrorist groups based in Syria. John Negroponte More John Negroponte Quotes 0
The most effective way to ensure the delivery of humanitarian supplies will be as the allied forces move forward, secure their objectives, secure the cities, restore calm, security and peace to the various parts of the Iraqi nation. John Negroponte More John Negroponte Quotes 0