Without Ukraine, Russia's Imperial Aspirations Are Essentially

The First And Most Important Is To Emphasize The Enduring Nature Of The Alliance Relationship Particularly With Europe Which Does Share Our Values And Interests Even If It Disagrees With Us On Specific Policies.

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.

The Mistakes Of The Iraq War Are Not Only Tactical And Strategic, But Historical. It Is Essentially A War Of Colonialism, Attempted In The Post-colonial Age.

The United States Wants To Be Part Of The Solution To Its Problems And Not, In Part, The Maker Of Their Problems.

The Legitimacy Of The Leadership Depends On What That Country Thinks Of Its Leaders. When We Lay Off, More And More Iranians Tend To Be Critical Of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The More Abusive We Are And The More Pressure We Put On Them, The More Nationalism Fuses With Fundamentalism In Iran.