That does not mean we won't experience the tragedy of the loss of some American lives. We will have an opportunity to instill a democracy in Iraq which will be an example and perhaps force other nations in that region to move in the same direction.

There is no moral equivalent between that butcher and thug and KGB colonel Vladimir Putin and the United States of America, the country that Ronald Reagan used to call a shining city on a hill.

I can't believe a guy that handsome wouldn't have some impact.

As almost anyone with war experience knows, you're never supposed to show the enemy what you won't do to win.

I don't use coarse language very often. I have a larger vocabulary than that.

War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.

I do believe my view has evolved.