Gulf Lesson One Is The Value Of

Never Answer A Hypothetical Question. It Gets You Beyond Where You Want To Be.

As His Vice President For Eight Years, I Learned More From Ronald Reagan Than From Anyone I Encountered In All My Years Of Public Life.

Going In And Occupying Iraq, Thus Unilaterally Exceeding The United Nations' Mandate, Would Have Destroyed The Precedent Of International Response To Aggression That We Hoped To Establish. Had We Gone The Invasion Route, The United States Could Conceivably Still Be An Occupying Power In A Bitterly Hostile Land.

We Also Share A Profound Desire For A Lasting Peace In The Middle East. My Administration Is Dedicated To Achieving This Goal, One Which Will Guarantee Israel Security. At The Same Time, We Will Do Our Utmost To Defend And Protect Israel, For Unless Israel Is Strong And Secure, Then Peace Will Always Be Beyond Our Grasp. We Were With Israel At The Beginning, 41 Years Ago. We Are With Israel Today. And We Will Be With Israel In The Future. No One Should Doubt This Basic Committment.

But The Biggest Thing That Has Happened In The World In My Life, In Our Lives, Is This: By The Grace Of God, America Won The Cold War.