“Nobody thinks the United States went to strike against Iraq in order to gain land or water or oil. Nobody thinks that America has any ambitions about real estate...In the 20th century, the American boys went to fight in two world wars. Many of them lost their lives. The United States won the wars, won the land — but you gave back every piece of it. America didn't keep anything out of her victories for herself. You gave back Japan, an improved Japan; you gave back Germany, an improved Germany...And today, I do not believe there is any serious person on earth who thinks the United States...has any egoistic or material purposes in the war against Iraq. The reason is, for this strike, that you cannot let the world run wild.”
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