The Israeli people must be free to live in peace and security.

I have never believed you go to war in Iraq, you go to war in Afghanistan, and believe that you can deal with those battlefields, those countries, in microcosms, or narrow channels.

I would not trade America's position in the world - our ledger, our debts and assets - for any country in the world. There isn't a country in the world even close to America.

Assad must go. He's lost the legitimacy to govern.

I think this is the biggest lesson a president or any of us who has responsibility to govern have to learn: There are always consequences to actions that you take. There are consequences to inaction.

The Israeli people must be free to live in peace and security.

You can't just drop the 82nd Airborne into Baghdad and it will all be over.