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2009. america cannot act alone. here he was tonight. >> we know that the united states is the world's most powerful nation, will often be called upon to help. in such cases, we should not be afraid to act, but the burden of action should not be america's alone. >> 2009, america cannot act alone. 2011, the burden of action should not be america's alone. whether you are for or against american participation in an international intervention like this war in libya, it is the type of intervention that this president said at the outset he would favor as president. as for the differences between him ...

Peace prize. >> more and more we know how to prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by their own governor, or to stop a civil war whose violence can engulf and in tire region. i believe that force can be justified on humanitarian grounds, as it was in the balkans, or in other places scarred by war. inaction tears at our conscious and can lead to more costly intervention later. that's why all responsible nations must embrace the role that militaries with a clear mandate can play to keep the peace. america's commitment to global security will never waiver. but in a world in which threats ar...

Future criticism? >> i definitely don't. i think that their opponents will bring it up and for the most part they will be free lansing they have to negotiate and that's fascinating about the dynamics of this. against the intervention. if you look at the data, the people that are most supported are republicans and the reason is because generally they are pro military intervention and nationalist and believe in american supremacy and have been told for years this is what america has to do. it's a special burden to leave the world. it's very hard to turn on the dime and say that's not the case. t...

Whatever criticism they can at the intervention. >> i wonder if you sketched out the way the right is going to deal with this in the future. the president tonight gave a very detailed, very clear self ren shall, repetitive idea of multilateralism. the idea that american leadership means diplomacy alongside force, and diplomacy means getting the world go along with what we want, which means participate rather than lead from a military perspective. that is multilateralism. that's something hawkish republicans like to criticize in theory. so doesn't this open an opportunity for republicans to go ...

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