The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.

But the central point is that any campaign against Iraq, whatever the strategy, cost and risks, is certain to divert us for some indefinite period from our war on terrorism.

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.

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

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

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

The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.