on February 19, 1998, Madeleine Albright, the first female Secretary of State in U.S. history, said in an interview with NBC-TV The Today Show: "If we must use force, it is because we are America; we are an indispensable nation. We stand tall and we see further into the future than other countries." She was referring to the use of force against Iraq and the regime of Saddam Hussein. Albright left office on January 20, 2001, and on September 11, horrific terrorist attacks took place in New York and Washington, D.C., which changed the history of not only the country but also of all mankind. The United States used force against Iraq - and made a mistake.

Even before that, at the end of 1999, US President Bill Clinton supported Putin's choice of. George W. Bush invited Putin to his ranch and drove him around in his car, trying to make him a friend, and he was wrong. The list goes on and on.

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