I think that there is a particular mindset that was on display in the run-up to the Iraq war that continues to this day. Some of the folks who were involved in that decision either don't remember what they said or are entirely unapologetic about the results, but that views the Middle East as a place where force and intimidation will deliver on the security interests that we have, and that it is not possible for us to at least test the possibility of diplomacy.
American values and legal traditions do not permit the indefinite detention of people beyond our borders. - Barack Obama
American values and legal traditions do not permit the indefinite detention of people beyond our borders.
- Barack Obama
Whether it's coming from FDR or it's coming from Ronald Reagan, if the idea is right for the times then we're gonna apply it. And things that don't w… - Barack Obama
Whether it's coming from FDR or it's coming from Ronald Reagan, if the idea is right for the times then we're gonna apply it. And things that don't w…
Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit. - Barack Obama
Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit.
Don't just consume things, create things - Barack Obama
Don't just consume things, create things
When times change, so must we. - Barack Obama
When times change, so must we.
We've got to change our regulatory system. - Barack Obama
We've got to change our regulatory system.
Nobody's changing what you've got. You get to keep it. - Barack Obama
Nobody's changing what you've got. You get to keep it.
There are things I cannot say. - Barack Obama
There are things I cannot say.
You work with what you got. - Barack Obama
You work with what you got.
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