Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.

In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Irans theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules.

America was not founded to improve health care or housing; it was founded for freedom.

The Obama administration rarely demonstrated the ability to shift gears and change policy in its first year. Even in the face of historic events such as the continuing demonstrations against Iran's regime, it stuck devotedly to prior plans.

There are no Muslim ghettos in the U.S.

Reformist kings can save their dynasties now by helping their countries move smoothly into democracy, or they will end their years in exile like the Russian aristocrats of a century earlier.

As the Palestinian leadership never seems to pay any penalty for its words, America's seriousness about the peace process is in doubt.