As In All Things, It Is Terribly

The Notion That Somehow Or Another They'll (iran) Put It In A Picnic Basket And Hand It To Some Terrorist Group Is Merely An Argument That May Be Convincing To Some People Who Don't Know Anything About Nuclear Weapons. I Don't Find That Argument Very Credible, I'm Not Sure That People Who Make It Even Believe In It. But It's A Good Argument To Make If You Have No Other Argument To Make. The Fact Of The Matter Is, Iran Has Been Around For 3000 Years, And That Is Not A Symptom Of A Suicidal Instinct.

We Have A Large Public That Is Very Ignorant About Public Affairs And Very Susceptible To Simplistic Slogans By Candidates Who Appear Out Of Nowhere, Have No Track Record, But Mouth Appealing Slogans

America Is The Only Superpower. But Our Leadership Is Being Tested In The Middle East, And Some Of The Things That We Have Done In The Middle East Are Contributing To A Potential Explosion Region-wide. And If That Explosion Gets Out Of Hand, We May End Up Being Bogged Down For Many Years To Come In A Conflict That Will Be Profoundly Damaging To Our Capacity To Exercise Our Power, To Address The Problems Implicit In This Global Awakening, And We May Face A World In Which Much Of The World Turns Away From Us, Seeks Its Own Equilibrium, But Probably Slides Into A Growing Chaos.

History Is Much More The Product Of Chaos Than Of Conspiracy

I'm Perfectly Willing To Say No More Iraqs, Which Means No More Unilateral Starting Of The War On False Claims, False Information, And A Complete Misunderstanding Of The Nature Of The Situation In The Region.