A few. . . critics are the only people I ever heard use the phrase 'imminent threat.' I didn't, the president didn't.

Learn to say 'I don't know.' If used when appropriate, it will be often.

If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.

At 78 years old, I am not surprised at much anymore. Germany has taken divergent positions before, so has France, so has England, so has the US.

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal.

If there are people who yearn for the days when Saddam Hussein was in power, then I am not among them.

Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.