Jimmy Carter: “It's not a time to grasp for selfish advantage.”

Without immediate action, we are at genuine risk of civil conflict and losing our precious democracy.

I think that sends a clear signal to Maliki that we won't be there indefinitely and my hope is that they'll be a commitment by the world community including the controversial nations of Syria and Iran.

I don't agree with that at all.

I hope that this book, which is -- has a provocative title, but I don't consider provocative to be a bad word.