“The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security.”
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I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee. That knowledge would have made me a better legislator and a more worthy aspirant to the White House.
It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.
Politics is an act of faith you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.
I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.