That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views.

I don't know of a single instance of these Arab freedom fighters holding up pictures of bin Laden. I know many instances of them displaying American flags in Benghazi or painting 'Facebook' on their foreheads in Cairo. The idea of freedom . . . is absolutely contradictory to what bin Laden stood for, which was . . . taking Muslims back to some medieval theocracy and encouraging people to die not for freedom but to go to paradise and to kill innocent people along the way. The contrast is really striking.

People change their habits. I know Americans who don't go to Paris because they think it is too dangerous.

I told my father I had to try political science for a year. He thought I was throwing my life away.

Islamic State is mainly a direct result of the failure in Syria. That's where IS has grown. That's where IS spread from.

I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are welcome. Those who come to interfere and destroy are not.

I think, in the longer view of things, there is a very powerful pull in the direction of participatory government.