You seem concerned that this same man, who claimed victory after losing the Gulf war, might continue to do so if we decide that our policy has led to unacceptable costs.

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Wherever you come down on the advisability of America engaging militarily in yet-another Middle Eastern nation, if we decide it is in our national interest to do so, it should be up to our elected representatives, not the United Nations, the Arab League or some other multilateral entity.

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"This is a country the size of England -- a big part of it is volcanic desert, glaciers, rivers, lakes -- so if we decide to do it we can control the traffic in such a way that we allow people to enjoy the beauty of the country without being overcrowded, " he says.

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Dr. LENEAU: We got very dependant on the cheap labor, so we have to decide, as a country, do we want an increase in price or do you want to make these aliens legal Americans?

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So on the rare occasions when we decide to share a couple photos of our kids, we only do so via my Facebook account.

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So feeling inadequate we decide that there must be something we can do to impose a human framework on a phenomenon that has no use of us.

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