George Bush actually said...

We knew that an Iraq that had the most powerful military machine in the Gulf... would pose a threat to the Persian Gulf, to the Middle East, and to the entire world.

Context

Remarks at a White House Briefing for Members of Congress on the Persian Gulf Crisis

08/27/1990

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