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Tim Kaine: “You do not intervene because of moral reasons. You intervene because of very concrete, tactical interests or tangible…”

On the recordApril 10, 2013
You do not intervene because of moral reasons. You intervene because of very concrete, tactical interests or tangible interests.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine explains the realist perspective on the rationale for intervention.

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