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

We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.

Everybody is within reach of a television set. And so they're all politicized, and they're all stimulated, and then they have these desires, pleasures, hates, resentments, and so on, and they're reacting instantaneously.

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.

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.

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

The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.