I'd just say the flies get bigger in the summertime. I guess the flies are buzzing.

I know the pundits, they get big bucks for . . . pundating.

Every foreign policy of every major nation involves reason, common sense, carrots and sticks. You can't have all carrots and no sticks.

Jay Carney told the reporters at his morning briefing that he hoped they would watch the new movie about Obama's first term 'many times.' They might. Look how well 'Titanic' did at the box office.

But if the Chinese mainland, the PRC, attacked Taiwan, we'd be obligated to come to their aid.

And it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC

I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan.