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But if we do, I can tell you that in the next election, we'll be talking about some other distraction. Not this time. More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit card bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach.
Clearly, the past 50 years have not weakened your resolve as faithful witnesses of the gospel. The questions I had didn't magically disappear. Some will see this as an attempt to justify or excuse comments that are simply inexcusable. But for all those who scratched and clawed their way to get a piece of the American Dream, there were many who didn't make it - those who were ultimately defeated, in one way or another, by discrimination. When Washington doesn't work, all its promises seem empty. They have killed in many countries.
Instead, it must be a cause for action to help the Palestinian people develop the institutions that will sustain their state; to recognize Israel's legitimacy; and to choose progress over a self-defeating focus on the past. Those are not just American ideas, they are human rights, and that is why we will support them everywhere. Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. But we can only achieve it together.
They are both passed away now. I have made it clear to the Iraqi people that we pursue no bases, and no claim on their territory or resources.
Each nation gives life to this principle in its own way, grounded in the traditions of its own people. But it should be their choice.
Thank you, and God bless America.