Obama Sees America As Another Country On

I Am Not A Professional Politician.

People Don't Like To Talk About Victory And Defeat Anymore.

Just As The Security Council Was Largely Irrelevant To The Great Struggle Of The Last Half Of The Twentieth Century - Freedom Against Communism - So Too It Is Largely On The Sidelines In Our Contemporary Struggles Against International Terrorism And The Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction.

When You Have A Regime That Would Be Happier In The Afterlife Than In This Life, This Is Not A Regime That Is Subject To Classic Theories Of Deterrence.

Diplomacy Is Not An End In Itself If It Does Not Advance U.s. Interests.