[Insurgents] pose no strategic threat to the United States or to the Coalition Forces.
As long as we're here, we are the occupying power. It's a very ugly word, but it's true.
The new administration seems to be paying no attention to the problem of terrorism. What they will do is stagger along until there's a major incident and then suddenly say, `Oh, my God, shouldn't we be organized to deal with this?'
We've thrown out Saddam and Saddam, dead or alive, is finished in Iraq.
I think there really is no shortcut to sovereignty.
These people hate the United States, not for what we do, but for who we are and what we are.