After the '30s, we said, "no more Munichs." And it got us in a lot of problems. Then we said, "No more Vietnams." Now if we say, "No more Iraqs," the next one won't be an Iraq. It will be something different. You can't learn lessons.

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

Since the days of Peter the Great, Russians have been maybe Europeans who didn't share in the enlightenment and the reformation, or are they Mongol Asians with the European veneer. And they've gone back and forth.

The Iraqi elections were an important first step.

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

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

The Russians are not going to do what we want them to do because we want them to do it.