I wrote an article about the marine landing [in Haiti] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two months later and I assumed by then, "of course, everybody knows." Nobody knew. There was a news report in the Wall Street Journal, in the petroleum journals, and in some small newspapers, but not in the mainstream press.

Latin America is all moving to the left, from Venezuela to Argentina with rare exceptions, but there's a good left and a bad left.

In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.

Every great power, every aggressive power has always regarded itself as exceptional and as doing things only for the most moral ends.

The indoctrination is so deep that educated people think they’re being objective.

Pre-emptive war might fall within the framework of international law.

Another problem is the confrontation with India. Pakistan just cannot survive if it continues to do so (continue this confrontation).