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forward slash Y2K.

I would like to begin this episode with two quotes from American presidents.

You might try to guess which presidents they are from.

The first, good leaders do not threaten to quit if things go wrong.

They expect cooperation, of course, and they expect everyone to do his share, but they do not

stop to measure sacrifices with a teaspoon while the fight is on.

We cannot lead the force of freedom from behind.

And the second presidential quote, we must begin by acknowledging the hard truth.

We will not eradicate while in conflict in our lifetimes.

There will be times when nations, acting individually or in concert, will find the use of force not only necessary, but

morally justified. The first was the memorable line about not measuring sacrifice with the

key spoon while the fight is on was spoken by my namesake,

President Harris Truman, in a 1951 address in Philadelphia at the dedication of the chapel

of the four chaplains.

He had brought American troops into combat in Korea, a controversial decision to stand up

to communist aggression only six years after the end of World War II.

The second presidential quote about nations being morally justified to use force is

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