John Burns: “There's no doubt that the resignation of the Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld has had a liberating effect. There's no doubt…”

I think to be fair to the Maliki government, if you look at the history of Iraq, it would be very unrealistic for them not to have that plan B.

the vast majority of Iraqis and certainly the vast majority of Baghdadis... will welcome this American troop increase because it's about the only thing that may, in the short to medium term, bring a greater degree of stability and curb…

They wanted the politicians -- the Iraqi politicians not to squander this opportunity, a peaceful election, an election in which all communities participated.

Gadhafi shared one characteristic in common with Adolph Hitler, who died in his own bunker by his own hand, which is that he identifies himself with the Libyan people.