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As for the Gore quote, I'm glad you cited the Commonwealth speech. The quote you gave is not actually a direct quote from the speech, but rather an amalgamation of several sentences scattered throughout it. The bulk of it, however, is from the following paragraph (this is a direct quote from the link you cited):

Now one of the central points I want to make here today is that we have an obligation to look at the relationship between our war against terrorism and this proposed war against Iraq. We have a goal of regime change in Iraq, we have had for a number of years. We also have a clear goal of victory in the war against terror. In the case of Iraq, it would be difficult to go it alone, but it's theoretically possible to achieve our goals in Iraq unilaterally. Nevertheless, by contrast, the war against terrorism manifestly requires a multilateral approach. It is impossible to succeed against terrorism unless we have secured the continuing, sustained cooperation of many nations. And here's one of my central points; our ability to secure that kind of multilateral cooperation in the war against terrorism can be severely damaged in the way we go about undertaking unilateral action against Iraq. If the administration has reason to believe otherwise, it ought to share those reasons with the Congress, since it is asking Congress to endorse action that might well impair a much more urgent task - that is, continuing to disrupt and destroy the international terror network.

Gore is endorsing a policy of regime change, and noting that, as a practical matter, unilateral military action is one way to achieve regime change... but he is against it.

--Allen 06:33, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Al Gore III

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