Michael G. Mullen: “I believe that Iran getting a nuclear weapon is calamitous for the region and for the world.”

They are not battle spaces to be dominated and must never become so.

I'm more afraid of the red ink than the red menace.

Our fellow citizens are not the enemy and must never become so.

It sickened me yesterday to see security personnel, including members of the National Guard forcibly and violently clearing the path through Lafayette Square to accommodate the President's visit outside St. John's Church.