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You mean this several deng kcad prior to 2001? >> correct. yes. generally the pattern of u.s. involvement in the middle east has not involved the use of military force. there was one exception prior to this gulf war and that was the previous gulf war. but that was conducted very quickly and there was no invasion of iraq, occupation of the country no, attempt to change the government. the war aim for the united states in 1991 were quite limited. namely to eject the iraqis from kuwait. but apart from that, the united states has achieved its objectives largely in the middle east without the use o...

>> well, because, you know, we always talk about when there is a commander in chief at a time of war, what is this war all about. we said that during iraq, we said it during vietnam. if you knew nothing about why the war between the states, civil war was being fought, these ten sentences in that short gettysburg address would tell you almost everything. and the other thing is this. in 1861, when lincoln regretfully said we are going to have to the north go to war to reunite this country under the constitution, didn't talk much about slavery. but in this speech, there's no question that a war a...