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.

It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.

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

I think above all, what we need with Iran is patience.

America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.

Information technology has politicized the world's population.

Simply killing everyone who is already a terrorist today won't solve the problem.