For the private sector to flourish, special privilege must give way to equal opportunity and equal risk for all.

Donald Trump seems to be unconcerned about the Russian aggression in Ukraine. By doing this he tells them that they can go ahead and do what they are doing. That is dangerous.

For the private sector to flourish, special privilege must give way to equal opportunity and equal risk for all.

The use of force to liberate people is very different from the use of force to suppress or control them, or even to defeat them.

It's a very bad thing when people exterminate other people, and people persecute minorities.

I think Obama sees everything through one lens. Doing nothing in the face of the slaughter in Syria is not only shameful, it is unrealistic. This approach leaves Syria as a broken country and a breeding ground for extremists for decades.

For one thing I tend not to see myself in various moulds that people fit me into.