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

I think above all, what we need with Iran is patience.

Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.

If you look back at the first Gulf war, the Arabs sent forces, they sent money. So their interests in Iraq are clear, but they're nowhere to be seen now. Why? Because right now, it's dangerous to be seen as supporting the United States.

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.

The Russians are not going to do what we want them to do because we want them to do it.

Information technology has politicized the world's population.