But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don't agree with that, because I don't think we're capable of doing that.

I think that America is a part of the world, that we want to cooperate with the world. We are not the dominant power in the world, that everyone falls in behind us. But we want to reach out and cooperate.

The UN could help the Iraqi government get on its feet and help the United States withdraw a bit more.

An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes.

For most of mankind, the average person knew what was happening in his own village and the next one, and nothing beyond that, and he didn't care, so that leaders were able to guide their countries almost irrespective of what people really thought because they weren't involved in it. Now, everybody knows what's happening instantaneously.

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

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