It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.

My point was that removing Saddam should not have been our highest priority. Fighting terrorism should have been our number one concern, followed by the Palestinian peace process.

I don't think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.

Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.

Osama bin Laden is going after us to get us out of the region, so he can deal with the regimes that he sees in the region, or replace them with purists.

America wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.

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