We live in a world of absolute immediacy. It is an interconnected, combustible world, where technology and many other actions have given nonstate actors a reach, into countries and societies, for both good and evil, that we have never seen before. So it isn't a matter of just state versus state challenges or conflict. The bigger problem is nonstate actors.
Chuck HagelNo one individual vote, no one individual quote or no one individual statement defines me, my beliefs, or my record.
Chuck Hagel