- The NES had a long run, and was still quite popular years after it launched. Yet competition wouldn’t stay away forever (and Nintendo’s attempts at a monopoly in the United States had been legally struck down), and the Sega Genesis was catching up in the United States, while the TurboGrafx-16 was gaining ground in Japan.
Given Iraq’s strategic location, its large oil reserves, and the suffering of the Iraqi people, we cannot afford to replace a despot with chaos. It would be a tragedy if we removed a tyrant in Iraq only to leave chaos in its wake.
Joe Biden, Promises to Keep (2008)