Much of what we know about mathematics and trade comes from the Arabs. Then came stagnation, and now they're the West's whipping boy. This is a problem that cannot be solved overnight, and certainly not militarily.

Russia right now is searching for its soul. It's trying to figure out what it really is.

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

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

The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.

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

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.