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George W. Bush: My conviction comes down to this: We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists; we invite terrorism by ignoring…

On the recordDecember 17, 2005
My conviction comes down to this: We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists; we invite terrorism by ignoring them.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Address to the Nation on Iraq and the War on Terror

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