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.

People seem to forget that Saddam was the only leader in the world who praised the attacks of 9/11 as a good thing.

After a regime is removed, however, it is dangerous to leave a security vacuum.

The only way you can be comfortable about Donald Trump's foreign policy, is to think he doesn't really mean anything he says.

Look, I think the notion that theres a dogma or doctrine of foreign policy that gives you a textbook recipe for how to react to all situations is really nonsense.

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

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.