It is in America's vital interests to deter more wars in the Mideast, not invite them.
Seemingly unrelated events of the past week suggest considerable trouble ahead for U.S. vital interests.
On the rare occasion when America has truly vital interests at stake, military action may be justified.
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We'll stand up to those nations who deny freedom and threaten our neighbors or our vital interests.
The United States did not need a new grand strategy to deal with this kind of violation of our vital interests.
How, future generations will wonder, could anyone believe that will be good for America and its vital interests?
In Libya, Obama administration officials have cited the vital interests of our European partners in the North African nation.
They will also probably demand escape clauses allowing them to resume testing if it is in their nation's vital interests.
The easy answer to our strategy dilemma is for the United States to commit military forces only when vital interests are at stake.
On missile defense, the United States must move forward, just as Russia does when its vital interests are at stake.
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But despite occasional appearances to the contrary, the United States continues to have both vital interests and influence in Latin America.
Do you believe our sovereignty and other vital interests would be compromised by U.S. ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty?
Far from deflecting pressure on Israel to make further concessions, it trapped Israel into a position that serves none of its vital interests.
That is especially true when, in so doing, they are likely to inflict grave harm on others, including this country and its vital interests.
In Iraq, Saddam Hussein has defied the West and survived to resume his rebuilding of conventional and unconventional weapons with which to threaten its vital interests.
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In a subsequently notorious speech given before the conflict, Secretary of State Dean Acheson conspicuously left out South Korea as an area of our vital interests.
And as your Commander-in-Chief, I want you to know something: I will not hesitate to use force to protect the American people or our vital interests.
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America's vital interests will suffer gravely if, in the name of accomplishing such a fundamental transformation, it engages in undisciplined trade and financial ties with the PRC.
By redoubling his administration's efforts along these lines, President George W. Bush will not only be making the world less dangerous for America and her vital interests.
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Cutting "security spending" in a dangerous world is an invitation to enemies - actual and prospective - to make it much more dangerous for Americans and their vital interests.
But above all, know this: America will confront those who threaten our troops, we will stand by our allies, and we will defend our vital interests in the Persian Gulf.
Russia: Another example of the "failure to speak the truth" in a manner that impinges on the Nation's vital interests came to light in the New York Times last week.
Instead of trying to abandon our vital interests in Iraq, Congress should be demonstrating the courage it will take both to win the war and to deserve to win future elections.
Also, America intervened in two world wars when our vital interests were at stake -- stopping Germany from conquering Western Europe in 1917 and stopping Japan and Germany from conquering the world in 1941.
If realized, however, such a Baker-Gorbachev plan would amount to a shortsighted publicity stunt for the Administration -- one with potentially dangerous long-term consequences for America's vital interests in its own hemisphere.
"Israel will continue to stand by its vital interests, even in the face of international pressure, and there will be no change in the decision that was made, " an official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said.
The vital interests of the United States, of our friends and allies in the region, and of the entire international community are at risk, and the United States will act accordingly to protect those common interests.
"It is time that we realised in this House that focusing our foreign policy on the narrow ground of greater Europeanism and ever closer political union in Europe is actually contrary to the UK's vital interests, " he added.
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