“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 16, 2006
See, the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit, and it's over.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas
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Bush emphasizes the need for Syria to intervene in stopping Hezbollah's actions.

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