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

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.

After the '30s, we said, "no more Munichs." And it got us in a lot of problems. Then we said, "No more Vietnams." Now if we say, "No more Iraqs," the next one won't be an Iraq. It will be something different. You can't learn lessons.

Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.

We believe we are creating the beginning of a new world order coming out of the collapse of the US-Soviet antagonisms.

America is stronger than any state probably since the Roman Empire. But we can't do what used to be done with that kind of strength.

To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him.