Both of us didn't want to use our military. Nobody wants to commit military into combat. It's the last option.
George H.W. Bush: “Both of us didn't want to use our military. Nobody wants to commit military into combat. It's the last option.”
On the recordJune 6, 2005
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Bush discusses the reluctance to use military force and the difficulties of such decisions.
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