Al Gore in The New Republic


On Foreign Policy: Supports Malaysian opposition leader Ibrahim

[During a visit to the wife of Anwar Ibrahim (Ibrahim is the former deputy of Malaysia’s Prime Minister Magathir Mohammed, and was jailed and beaten for opposing official corruption in Malaysia) Vice President Al Gore made] a forceful speech in which he hailed the “brave people” who have rallied behind Ibrahim and invoked the incipient democracy movement’s slogan, “Reformasi.”
Source: The New Republic, 12/7/98, p.10, col. 1, “Notebook” Dec 7, 1998

On War & Peace: Supported continuing 1998 air strikes in Iraq

President Clinton’s decision to abort air strikes against Iraq was hardly based on the unanimous counsel of his advisers. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Defense Secretary William Cohen opposed backing down. And, according to The Wall Street Journal, so did Vice President Al Gore.
Source: The New Republic, 12/7/98, p.16, col. 1, “Fuerth In Line” Dec 7, 1998

On War & Peace: Supported Bush’s 1991 bombing of Iraq

Back in 1991 many of [then Senator] Gore’s aides warned him to forget his shot at the White House if he bucked his party and voted to in favor of President George Bush’s plan to bomb Iraq. [Gore’s chief foreign policy adviser Leon] Fuerth, however, argued that the war was good policy, and Gore, to his subsequent benefit, followed Fuerth’s advice.
Source: The New Republic, 12/7/98, p.16, col. 2, “Fuerth In Line” Dec 7, 1998

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