07/05/2016
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"If we simply went in and deposed a dictator, or simply went in and cleared out the bad guys, that somehow peace and prosperity would automatically emerge, and that lesson we should have learned a long..."
"I think it was a mistake for us to go in in the first place."
"The fact that you are anti-Semitic, or racist, doesn't preclude you from being interested in survival."
"We will continue to ratchet up the costs, not simply for their anti-Semitism, but also for whatever expansionist ambitions they may have."