Occupation: Ambassador Birth: December 22, 1943
We did not go to war in Afghanistan or in Iraq to, quote, 'impose democracy.' We went to war in both places because we saw those regimes as a threat ….
Iraq has no history of ethnic conflict..
There has been a good deal of comment — some of it quite outlandish — about what our postwar requirements might be in Iraq. Some of the higher end pr….
I mean, we're going to probably debate the Iraq war for at least as long as I'm alive..
I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are welcome. Those who come to interf….
It's a very bad thing when people exterminate other people, and people persecute minorities..
Every math curriculum in the world is based on the idea of hand-calculating, and most of what you're teaching is how to calculate. And I think the re….
I wish there were somebody I could be comfortable voting for. I might have to vote for Hillary Clinton, even though I have big reservations about her..
The American people are pretty impressive in their ability to keep after something if they think it is doable..
Look, I think the notion that theres a dogma or doctrine of foreign policy that gives you a textbook recipe for how to react to all situations is rea….
After a regime is removed, however, it is dangerous to leave a security vacuum..
NATO is still the most remarkable alliance in history. It stuck together through 40 years of Cold War, and it then joined together to fight in Afghan….
The only way you can be comfortable about Donald Trump's foreign policy, is to think he doesn't really mean anything he says..
I think, in the longer view of things, there is a very powerful pull in the direction of participatory government..
Firing employees, that's unfortunately part of doing business..
The absence of Saddam is a huge weight off the Arab world..
Donald Trump seems to be unconcerned about the Russian aggression in Ukraine. By doing this he tells them that they can go ahead and do what they are….
I like globalization; I want to say it works, but it is hard to say that when six hundred million people are slipping backwards..
People seem to forget that Saddam was the only leader in the world who praised the attacks of 9/11 as a good thing..
I certainly think it's important to speak up and say how unacceptable Donald Trump is. I'm always more than willing to do that..
Public action should seek to expand the set of opportunities of those who have the least voice and fewest resources and capabilities..