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"In other words, we don't have the luxury of hoping for the best, of sitting back and being passive in the face of this threat. In the past, we would say oceans would protect us and, therefore, what happened overseas may not matter here at home."
Bush is talking about himself, and projecting it onto everyone else too. But did Bill Clinton ever believe that "oceans would protect us and, therefore, what happened overseas may not matter here at home"? Has ANY president in the last century ever believed that?
