I think America has to do more than be a broker now. Because both the Palestinians are weak and Israel is very weak.

After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.

Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It's the United States.

The UN could help the Iraqi government get on its feet and help the United States withdraw a bit more.

But the central point is that any campaign against Iraq, whatever the strategy, cost and risks, is certain to divert us for some indefinite period from our war on terrorism.

Europeans are familiar with terrorism and violence. We have not experienced a true conflict on our soil in a hundred years, and especially not one that involved 3,000 dead.

Russia right now is searching for its soul. It's trying to figure out what it really is.