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On the recordAugust 29, 2004
I don't, I don't think you can win it, but I think you can create conditions so that the -- those who use terror as a tool are less acceptable in parts of the world, let's put it that way.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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President Bush discusses the challenges of winning the war on terror and the need to create conditions that diminish the acceptability of terrorism.

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