Name the President who said this: >>Well, the United States does not relish
moving alone, because we live in a world that is increasingly
interdependent. We would like to be partners with other people. But
sometimes we have to be prepared to move alone. You used the
anthrax example. Think how many can be killed by just a tiny bit of
anthrax, and think about how it's not just that Saddam Hussein might
put it on a Scud missile, an anthrax head, and send it on to some city
he wants to destroy. Think about all the other terrorists and other
bad actors who could just parade through Baghdad and pick up
their stores if we don't take action. I far prefer the United Nations, I
far prefer the inspectors, I have been far from trigger-happy on this
thing, but if they really believe that there are no circumstances under
which we would act alone, they are sadly mistaken. That is not a
threat. I have shown I do not relish this thing. Every time it's
discussed around here, I say one of the great luxuries of being the
world's only superpower for a while -- and it won't last forever
probably, but for a while -- is that there is always time enough to
kill. And therefore we have a moral responsibility to show restraint
and to seek partnerships and alliances, and I've done that. But I
don't have to explain to my grandchildren why we took a powder on
what we think is a very serious biological and chemical weapons
programs potentially by a country that has already used chemical
weapons on the Iranians and on the Kurds, their own people. <<
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Bill Clinton.
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