Because national borders are eroding, because of the growth of non-state actors. It's a different kind of a world. We are tied down by a tiny little country - Iraq. It's amazing, given the disparity in military economic strength. It's a world where most of the big problems spill over national boundaries, and there are new kinds of actors and we're feeling our way as to how to deal with them.

It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.

Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.

I think there's nothing more dangerous than mislearning lessons of history, and we do it perpetually.

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

Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.

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