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And this: "America and Europe have suffered one terror attack after another. ... During a historic gathering in Saudi Arabia, I called on the leaders of more than 50 Muslim nations to join together to drive out this menace which threatens all of humanity. We must stand united against these shared enemies to strip them of their territory and their funding, and their networks, and any form of ideological support that they may have."

And this: "We urge Russia to cease its destabilizing activities in Ukraine and elsewhere, and its support for hostile regimes -- including Syria and Iran -- and to instead join the community of responsible nations in our fight against common enemies and in defense of civilization itself."

And this: "Our citizens did not win freedom together, did not survive horrors together, did not face down evil together, only to lose our freedom to a lack of pride and confidence in our values. We did not and we will not. We will never back down."

And finally this: "The West will never, ever be broken. Our values will prevail. Our people will thrive. And our civilization will triumph."

Holy smokes. If these are the words of someone who would like to withdraw from the world, I can't imagine what we'd hear from someone who wants to go all in.

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Ruben Navarrette's email address is ruben@rubennavarrette.com.

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