Henry Kissinger: “The most immediate, short-term problem is to get rid of a terror-based state that controls territory.”

I believe it likely that the leadership realizes that it is very difficult, if not impossible, for them to carry out the domestic changes in an atmosphere of Cold War with the United States.

We have allowed inattention over 20 years to the structure, the practices, the bureaucracy of the Department of Defense that it has become so dysfunctional.

When there is no flexibility and a contest occurs, we have to be aware of the fact that it would have catastrophic consequences for the world.

the role of the United States in indispensable--is indispensable, especially in a time of global upheaval.