Nation Building
Before the 2000 election in a presidential debate against Al Gore, GW was on a different crusade attempting to convince Americans that if Al Gore became president we’d get bogged down militarily around the globe trying to bring democracy to undeserving nations.
I think we’ve got to be very careful when we commit our troops. The vice president and I have a disagreement about the use of troops. He believes in national building. I would be very careful about using our troops as nation builders.
– George W. Bush (Presidential debate, Oct. 4, 2000)
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