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

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

But figuring out Saddam Hussein was one our greatest mysteries. He marched to his own drummer and frequently as this unfolded he made decisions which were sometimes inexplicable to us and sometimes didn't look very smart.

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

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

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

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