The future belongs to freedom, not to fear.

I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations.

If we don't go far enough fast enough, the damage we inflict could take centuries to undo - if it can be undone at all.

I don't want to claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side.

There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire.

My dad was a member of the Greatest Generation that achieved victory in World War II. This was the generation that saved the world from fascism, came home and built the great American middle class, led the way in the civil rights movement, protected our environment, and created great programs like Medicare.

Bush-McCain stategy in Iraq is policy to stay, not to win.