Many Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a new country from developing at all.

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

You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don't think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently.

Perhaps the most troubling area in the world goes from the Balkans through the Middle East and in Central Asia.

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.

I think America has to do more than be a broker now. Because both the Palestinians are weak and Israel is very weak.

I believe the Chinese are gradually realizing that they're dependent on the system that, as they run out of energy, for example, they have to reach out to foreign sources for energy, for raw materials. They have to reach out to the world for markets. They have to export. They have to maintain full employment. They've got a terrible population problem. So they need a stable world, in a way.