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 Iraqi elections were an important first step.

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

Information technology has politicized the world's population.

For most of mankind, the average person knew what was happening in his own village and the next one, and nothing beyond that, and he didn't care, so that leaders were able to guide their countries almost irrespective of what people really thought because they weren't involved in it. Now, everybody knows what's happening instantaneously.

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

The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous. They want to achieve a return to the Islamic purity of the Middle Ages.