"There's no reason why Americans should die..." - Quote by Barack Obama
There's no reason why Americans should die when Afghans are perfectly capable of defending their own country.
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“There's just a whole different attitude and vibe when you're not in power as when you're in power.”
“There is a theory that basically says that we can shred regulations and consumer protections and give more and more to the most, and somehow prosperity will trickle down. It hasn't worked. And I think that the fundamentals of the economy have to be measured by whether or not the middle class is getting a fair shake.”
“As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very easily in the minds of a lot Americans feel like, "Now I'm being treated unfairly."”
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“I would not presume from this distance, nor would America presume to say who should be the leader of the Iraqi nation.”
“There's the one thing no nation can ever accuse us of and that is secret diplomacy. Our foreign are an open book, generally a check book.”
“State visits are often an opportunity for the United States to reaffirm our ties and friendship with our closest partners around the world.”
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“We don't have this huge footprint, we are less likely to be targeted as, you know, occupiers [in Afghanistan and Iraq].”
“It still puts burden on some troops of ours who are there [in Afghanistan and Iraq] as advisors and facilitators.”
“I'm not sure we have the right strategy in Afghanistan. Let me think this over for a few months.”