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I Have Never Believed You Go To War In Iraq, You Go To War In Afghanistan, And Believe That You Can Deal With Those Battlefields, Those Countries, In Microcosms, Or Narrow Channels.

The Twenty First Century Will Require A Re-affirmation And Re-definition Of Our Alliances And International Organisations.

There Are Always Consequences To Actions That You Take. There Are Consequences To Inaction. And Thinking Through, Asking The Questions, "well, Then What Happens? What Comes Next?" Is Critically Important.

I Don't Think It's A Matter Of Going Back And Having A Review Of Our Process. Our Process Is About As Thorough As There Can Be. Is It Imperfect? Yes. Is There Risk? Yes, But We Start With The Fact That We Have An American That's Being Held Hostage And That American's Life Is In Danger And That's Where We Start. And Then We Proceed From There.

Nations, Great Nations Have Limitations. All Nations Have Limitations. Even Great Powers Have Limitations.