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George H.W. Bush: “That is too hypothetical a question for me to answer. We are prepared to do what we need to do to fully implement 678.…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 1991
That is too hypothetical a question for me to answer. We are prepared to do what we need to do to fully implement 678. And I would think that he'd think long and hard before he started yet another war. There is one war on--that's his war against Kuwait. That's his aggression against Kuwait. And I don't think he wants to start another one. So, I'm not going to buy into that hypothesis that the United States would obviously feel that that was a most provocative act, most provocative.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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