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Bill Clinton: Well, I'll say again what I said yesterday. I don't think what they're doing will help them to achieve their goal. Their…

On the recordDecember 9, 1999
Well, I'll say again what I said yesterday. I don't think what they're doing will help them to achieve their goal. Their goal, their legitimate goal, is to defeat the Chechen rebels and to stop their terrorism within Russia, to stop their invasion of neighboring provinces like Dagestan. And I don't think displacing hundreds of thousands of civilians will achieve that goal. I don't know what else to say. I haven't forgotten that. You know, I didn't think he'd forgotten that America was a great power when he disagreed with what I did in Kosovo. I mean, we can't get too serious about all the--let's not talk about what the leaders are saying and all these words of criticism. Let's focus on what the country is doing. Is it right or wrong? Will it work or not? What are the consequences? I think--I don't agree with what's going on there. And I think I have an obligation to say so. Thank you. I've got to go.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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