The minute Mr. Putin decided to put his military forces in Syria, I went to see him. And I said, "Look, here's what I'm doing. I'm not intervening in Syria. But at the same time, if Syria tries to intervene with us, if Iran tries to use Syria to attack us, we'll stop it.

I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a month ago or a year ago. It's just moving on with its efforts.

I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel.

The Nazis believed in a master race. The militant Islamists believe in a master faith.

Saving lives is more important than preserving the quality of life. Quality of life is always amenable to improvement. Death is permanent.

The history of warfare has not yet enabled any army, any civilized army, the army of a democracy like Israel, to be able to deal with a ruthless terrorist enemy that uses civilians as a human shield without having some incidental civilian casualties.

Don’t be fooled. The battle between Iran and ISIS doesn’t turn Iran into a friend of America.