James Jeffrey: “We are the leaders, the beacon on the hill, you know, the shining light.”

It was a mistake not to tell them before they learned about it from the media.

Well, first of all, we did not bring it. The Iraqis wanted it. And in the end, they have a constitutional democratic system.

Whatever it takes--well, whatever political process and diplomatic process is necessary to get that government to behave differently toward its own population and to its neighbors, that is an absolutely essential precondition for a…

Russia presses for a premature withdrawal of U.S. and coalition forces. Such an untimely U.S. military departure would enable ISIS to return, allow Iran to fill the vacuum, place Iraq's stability at risk, and increase the threats to…