when you're talking about terrorism, we've seen that terror has been democratized. Just a few people can cause horrific damage.

if we're worried about failed states, that -- countries that are on the edge of poverty and disease and malnutrition and no employment or very little employment, those are potential areas for the breeding grounds of terrorism.

Given the composition of that group, who have now said that, we think this is the right course of action, I think the president would be hard-pressed to reject it.

We're not winning in Iraq.

I don't think we've done enough to empower Mahmoud Abbas by way of example.

Stability is key. You cannot have a democracy without stability.

I think it's good for the country to have parents have heartburn. And I think every parent, every citizen of this country should always ask the question, what are we committing someone else's son or daughter to or husband or wife to?

I don't think we should make any mistake or be under any misapprehension. This is not going to be easy in the event military action were ever required.

It's not simply a matter of whether the United States could in fact target individual sites and bring about substantial reduction. The issue is what is the consequence of engaging in this type of military confrontation or conflict?

I think it's important that the Security Council measure up to its responsibilities by enforcing its own resolutions.

I think the best thing that the Security Council can do, if China and Russia in particular stand behind the resolutions, agree to impose sanctions, you can start out on a graduated basis.