There was no reason for us to become involved in Iraq recently. That was a war based on lies and misrepresentations from London and from Washington, claiming falsely that Saddam Hussein was responsible for the 9/11 attacks, claiming falsely that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. A decision was made to go to war, their people said, let's find a reason to do so.
Former President Jimmy Carter criticizes the rationale behind the Iraq war, claiming it was based on falsehoods.
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I say to you, quite frankly, that the time for racial discrimination is over.
The aircraft carrying the 52 American hostages had cleared Iranian airspace on the first -- first leg of a journey home. And at every one of the 52 hostages was alive, was well and free.
We look on human rights as an ability to live in peace. And to believe that your future will be better than your past might be.
Well, the agreement is not supposed to help the Cuban dictators and it doesn't. But the agreement does it helps both the Cuban people and the American people in the long-term.
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