If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.

I think there's nothing more dangerous than mislearning lessons of history, and we do it perpetually.

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.

But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks.

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

A colossal event is upon us, the birth of a New World Order.

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