We were sent to Vietnam to kill Communism. But we found instead that we were killing women and children.

You just don't in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pre-text.

If Russia is there [in Syria] alone fighting them [ISIL], guess what? Russia becomes the target and Russia starts seeing - who knows - MANPADs will find their way in there, airplanes will fall out of the sky. They will become vilified. They'll become the new magnet, together with Assad, for the jihadis.

Ask Osama bin Laden is he is better off now than he was four years ago.

I think, all in all, the Obama administration and what President Obama has focused on has lived up to our need to protect American interests, to live our values and assert our values, and to stand up for future generations.

Democrats proposing success in Iraq by political solution.

America has everything most countries envy. A Constitution which is the treasure of mankind, a strong military, natural resources of every kind. Above all, as Tocqueville said, a good people, which is what makes us great.