03/25/2009
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"I think we have made a mistake--we, Republicans and Democrats, the administration, and Congress--by backing away from doing a military lesson in Syria in 2013."
"But, by golly, we should not tolerate it. We should give every effort the United States can do to destroy it in the most robust fashion possible."
"If we do not, we are a paper tiger and there will never be any good diplomacy. Period."
"Diplomacy only works when there is a threat of force otherwise."