Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can't have both, opt for character.

I don't consider myself dovish and I certainly don't consider myself hawkish. Maybe I would describe myself as owlishthat is wise enough to understand that you want to do everything possible to avoid war.

Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.

Judge your enemy based upon capabilities, not intent, you have to look at the enemy and really almost make a worst case call every time.

War is a profane thing.

Had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like a dinosaur in the tar pit - we would still be there, and we, not the United Nations, would be bearing the costs of that occupation.

Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.