06/30/2010
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"I am dismissive of people who try to trot out woke, because women in the workplace don't want to be sexually harassed."
"One of the challenges of a democratic government is making sure that even in the midst of emergencies and passions, we make sure that the rule of law . . . prevail."
"But you also cannot, over the long term or even the medium term, deal with this problem by having the United States serially occupy various countries all around the Middle East."
"We don't have the resources. It puts enormous strains on our military. And at some point, we leave. And then things blow up again."