Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.
We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.
Saddam is a familiar dictatorial aggressor, with traditional goals for his aggression.
To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him.
If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.
But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don't agree with that, because I don't think we're capable of doing that.
The Iraqi elections were an important first step.
Europeans are familiar with terrorism and violence. We have not experienced a true conflict on our soil in a hundred years, and especially not one that involved 3,000 dead.
First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict.
I'm afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.