![We will have to work around the world with less than ideal governments. The government in Saudi Arabia is not a democracy, but we will have to work with them. The government in Jordan is not perfect, but we will have to work with them. But anti-American dictators like [Bashar] Assad, who help Hezbollah, who helped get those IEDs into Iraq, if they go, I will not shed a tear.](/assets/img/quote-photos/we-will-have-to-work-around-the-world-with-less-than-ideal-governments-the-gover.jpg)
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