I'm A Professor Of National Security Studies,

Experience Is Valuable Only If It's Imbued With Meaning From Which One Can Draw Salient Conclusions. Otherwise, Experience Becomes Imprisoning.

I'm A Professor Of National Security Studies, And I Know A Lot More About Fighting Than Rumsfeld Does.

When I Get A Very Generous Introduction Like That I Explain That I'm Emotionally Moved, But On The Other Hand I'm Irish And The Irish Are Very Emotionally Moved. My Mother Is Irish And She Cries During Beer Commercials.

At The End Of The Day...if Your Army Won't Fight, It's Because They Don't Trust Their Incompetent, Corrupt Generals, They Don't Trust Each Other. This Is An Enduring Civil War Between The Shia, The Sunni, And The Kurds. So I Don't Think We've Got Any Options And We'd Be Ill-advised To Start Bombing Where We Really Can't Sort Out The Combatants Or Understand Where The Civilian Population Is.

Extremely Disappointed That Corruption May Have Reached Such A Level In Mexico.