Bill Clinton Quotes
Israel believes, when it comes right down to it America is the only big country that cares whether they live or die. That's why I can say, give up the West Bank, because the Israelis knew that if the Iraqi or the Iranian army came across the Jordan river, I would personally grab a rifle, get in a ditch, and fight and die, and I would.
William Clinton, 42nd President of the United States (Democrat, AR), Speech, dinner hosted by the Canadian Jewish Congress in Toronto, Ontario
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Other nations had nuclear weapons but were not regarded as threats to national and world security. The problem was that Iran was the ONLY nation which was a theocracy in which the leadership strongly advocated death (martyrdom) to defend Islam; had for years had a population that on frequent occasions publically called for “Death to the Untied States”; Iran’s President is the only national leader and member of the United Nations that has called for the obliteration of another member state—Israel; has continuous supported the worst of the non state terrorist organizations by giving them arms and money. A small nuclear bomb smuggled into the US by terrorist organizations could make 9-11 look like a minor problem.
Al-Alusi attended an anti-terrorism conference in Israel. He was arrested by conservatives who cited a law passed under the Hussein regime prohibiting any contact with Israelis. However, he was immediately released citing the new freedom of Iraqis to travel anywhere they want and meet with whomever they want.
There has always been friction between the military intelligence services and the CIA. The main friction was that the CIA was not very forthcoming to military intelligence with the details of their secret intelligence whereas the Israeli’s shared with all the U. S. Intelligence Agencies.
The Italian Communists were culturally and ideologically very different from the Russian Communists. The Italian view was a more nationalistic one and was closer to a Socialist Democracy than a “dictatorship of the proletariat”. Much more tolerant of diversity and not as ideological. Berlinguer and some of the other leaders realized that Italy was always in danger of a Russian takeover since there was such a difference in views about Communism. They had seen how the Red Army had become a political enforcement vehicle and they had been leaders of the fight to unseat Mussolini and wanted to avoid totalitarianism. They understood that NATO with its forces and nuclear umbrella was the only force that could keep Italy free of the Russians decided to move. This is one of the reasons why the Italian Communist Party was not banned in Italy.
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Clinton was previously Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992, and the Arkansas Attorney General from 1977 to 1979. Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III – he changed to his stepfather's name at age 15.
