But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks.

Information technology has politicized the world's population.

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.

We can't make China a friend, but we can behave to make them an enemy.

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

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.

Russia right now is searching for its soul. It's trying to figure out what it really is.