I was not persuasive enough to persuade the president that the Marines were there on an impossible mission.
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Under no circumstances should we now ease our restrictions on arms sales to Iran. Such a policy reversal would be seen as inexplicably inconsistent by those nations whom we have urged to refrain from such sales, and would likely lead to increased arms sales by them and a possible alteration of the strategic balance in favor of Iran while (the Ayatollah) Khomeini is still the controlling influence.
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just a lot of criticism and pessimism.
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is a very minor matter, but made very important. ... It was made far bigger than its actual importance.
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He is saying that we should hand over power to the United Nations, ... The United Nations is totally incapable of doing any kind of job as pacifying or removing terrorism from a country like Iraq.
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