'Why risk?' I responded. 'It should be, why not to risk?'

We seem to be afraid to give the Kurds weaponry. We like to send it for some strange reason through Baghdad, and then they only get a tenth of it.

Even if somebody disagrees with you, their life is still valuable.

What we have to stop and think about is that we have weakened ourselves militarily to such an extent that if affects all of our military policies.

Call it whatever you need to call it to make it feel good to you. But the fact of the matter is, I've been in lots of place growing up and listening to people tell great tales of sexual conquest. It is an immature thing to do -

I have to come to realize that God does not want to punish us, but rather, to fulfill our lives. God created us, loves us and wants to help us to realize our potential so that we can be useful to others.

So after a while, if people won't accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.