The country and the Congress were hopping mad and wanted to show we wouldn't be pushed around or run out of Southeast Asia. Dr.

国家和国会都气得直跺脚，希望表明我们不接受任何挑衅，或是失出对东南亚的控制。

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And the president was said to be hopping, Texan mad by a remark attributed to the chancellor's then justice minister comparing his political tactics to those of Adolf Hitler.

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