We are a country that has many friends, many allies, when we operate in the world, we operate with friends and allies that's been true for decades and if we wind up going to war in Iraq it will be true in Iraq.

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I think the essential message was that Saddam Hussein represented a serious threat to the United States and to our friends and allies in the region.

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We have a substantial number of countries that have pledged and provided all kinds of support for the United States in the event that war becomes necessary in Iraq.

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I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we are conducting diplomacy.

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The world community knows that Iraq has chemical weapons and biological weapons.

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It was known in the mid 90s already that Saddam Hussein was a dangerous tyrant that he had already launched aggressions against Iran, he had invaded Kuwait.

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I did think it was important to do what we could to train up Iraqis as a security force in advance of our military operation.

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Peace, of course, is different from divorce; indeed, in essential respects, divorce is the opposite of peace.

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I'm concerned about getting Iraq on its feet.

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