 I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation-building. I think our troops ought to be used to fight and win war. I think our troops ought to be used to help overthrow a dictator that's in our — and it's in our — when it's in...  Nation-Building: Beyond Afghanistan and Iraq - Page 1edited by - 2006 - 262 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Gary Dempsey, Roger W. Fontaine - Law - 2001 - 248 pages
...interventions except Haiti and Somalia after the mission was changed by the Clinton administration. "I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation building," explained Bush. 21 Gore, in turn, defended Washington's practice of nation building... | |
 | Ted Halstead - Political Science - 2009 - 304 pages
...necessary political support at home — will be a defining issue for America in the century ahead. "I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's...our troops ought to be used to fight and win war." —George W. Bush, October 1 1, 2000 "We meet here during a crucial period in the history of our nation,... | |
 | Michael C. Dorf - Law - 2006 - 326 pages
...where the mission went wrong. The mission was changed. And as a result, our nation paid a price. And so I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's...our troops ought to be used to fight and win war. I think our troops ought to be used to help overthrow a dictator that's in our — and it's in our... | |
 | K. Jenkins, Kate Jenkins, William Plowden - Law - 2008 - 205 pages
...interventionist foreign policy. Before he was first elected, George W. Bush declared, in October 2000, 'I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation-building'. However, since he became President he has been active in making the case for bringing about regime... | |
 | Steven Rosefielde, D. Quinn Mills - Business & Economics - 2007 - 580 pages
...sought the Presidency on opposite grounds from those in which he conducted defense policy himself. "I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation-building," he said in the second presidential debate in 2000. "I think our troops ought to be used to fight and... | |
 | Max Boot - History - 2006 - 664 pages
...peacekeeping and nation-building In a 2000 debate with Vice President Al Gore, candidate Bush said, "I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation building" ("2nd Presidential Debate Between Gov. Bush and Vice President Gore"). In a speech... | |
 | Steven Rosefielde, D. Quinn Mills - Political Science - 2006 - 17 pages
...ought to be used for what's called nation-building," he said in the second presidential debate in 2000. "I think our troops ought to be used to fight and win war."15 By 2005, he was engaged in nation-building in both Iraq and Afghanistan and using our troops... | |
 | Alan Kennedy-Shaffer - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 209 pages
...planning. On October 11, 2000, Bush had denounced "nation-building" during a presidential debate, saying, "I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation-building."33 To change course in 2003 would appear inconsistent — the worst possible scenario... | |
 | Thomas E. Ricks - Iraq - 2006 - 524 pages
...believe we're overextended in too many places." Bush emphasized this admonition at the next debate. "I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation building," he said on October 11. "I think our troops ought to be used to fight and win war.... | |
 | Laura Ingraham - Political Science - 2008 - 376 pages
...nation's interests?" On the Clintonian brand of feel-good foreign policy, Bush didn't mince words: "I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's...our troops ought to be used to fight and win war. I think our troops ought to be used to help overthrow the dictator when it's in our best interests."... | |
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