Biden acknowledged gun control has traditionally been viewed as the third rail of American politics, recalling that when President Barack Obama asked him to take the lead, the president told him he didn't have to do it if he didn't want to.
The US wouldn't be seeking to appease Assad if he didn't allow Hizbullah to use Syria as its logistical base, if he hadn't directed the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri or if he wasn't Iran's junior partner in its proxy war against the US in Iraq.
Yes, he works his political contacts he wouldn't be an adopted Washingtonian if he didn't.
So that was the original motivation but there's no doubt he wouldn't have sided with America if he didn't believe there's something in it for Russia.
He was asked whether that meant he would vote No if he didn't get what he wanted - whatever that is.
"I was always at the basketball games and I remember that he was always a team player, and even if he didn't start the game, that he was with the team, " Kealoha-Scullion told us.
He told Nova that if he didn't get back to proper habits, he'd be back in the minors.
Look, I don't think -- I don't think the President would have extended assurances that he did today if he didn't want to encourage people to do that.
If he didn't work out well for us we wouldn't be fooling around with this.
Ferguson would also refuse to speak to reporters if he didn't like what they said.
But he knew he could easily alienate his customers if he didn't think it through.
He probably never could have been president if he didn't have... these medicines available to him.
If he didn't think it was the best approach, he'd tell the team to try again.
And even if he didn't, Mrs Merkel would resent delay in a tricky ratification.
Then he allegedly told Nisvet Cordic he would also be killed if he didn't identify the commander.
What would his life be like if he didn't have a house full of all this technology?
Congolese politics is very murky but I'll be very surprised if he didn't run for the presidency.
"I would be very surprised if he didn't come into the reckoning for the Wales squad, " said Jones.
Barrett says that Landry's case was pulled because his employer threatened to sue him if he didn't drop it.
Might he recommend leaving the EU if he didn't get a good deal?
Given his past achievements, it would be a surprise if he didn't taste victory again sooner rather than later.
The entire Venezuelan nation was blackmailed by Chavez as he threatened civil unrest if he didn't win the referendum.
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His mother told an audience that if he didn't run, she'd kill him.
If he didn't, that's presumably because his daughters' futures are too precious to be sacrificed on the altar of politics.
"He just reached the conclusion that if he didn't do something, the country would go to pieces, " Mr. O'Neill said.
If he didn't get hurt there, he could've gotten hurt coming out of his house and falling down the steps.
"If he didn't feel it was appropriate, he wouldn't have said it, " said Keith Tyo, executive assistant to Mr. Ettling.
Ji was unfazed, even after an adviser warned him that he risked being arrested if he didn't placate his big supplier.
He claims the FBI bugged his home and his wife's car and threatened to press criminal charges if he didn't settle.
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