It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.
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I may be wrong in that, but not I think in putting the questions. In our modern democracy the government needs not a unanimous but a general support for war before it orders our forces to fight.
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People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance.
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History provides no precise guidelines.
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I do not envy the British Cabinet or the Bush administration their choice,
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