“We continue on a daily basis very successfully to degrade Iran’s ability to target ships.”
“We did a pause to try to get an agreement with the Iranian people to allow oil to flow without them attacking it.”
“One of the mistakes which some political analysts make is to think that their enemies should be our enemies.”
“The only reason why the U.S. is conducting strikes is against assets of Iran that are being used to attack global commercial shipping.”
“We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.”

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On the recordJuly 15, 2006
And who caused the problem is Hezbollah and Syria and the Iranian connection.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas
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Editor's note · Context

President Bush attributes the cause of the conflict to Hezbollah and its connections with Syria and Iran.

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