Stephen J. Hadley: “We need to have not just be talking about democracy; we've got to have a conscious strategy for how to counter what…”

We need to show that our politics can actually, on a bipartisan basis, solve some of the problems we face.

We need to shame him for it. And then, hopefully, the Europeans will show in their response that they are willing to stand up to it.

Freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law are the very DNA of this Nation.

Maliki is either ignorant of what is going on, misrepresenting his intentions, or that his capabilities are not yet sufficient to turn his good intentions into action.