Iraq

I would be amazed if a three-day campaign made a decisive difference," "[W]e did not do, in my view, enough damage to degrade it [Iraq's programs for weapons of mass destruction] for six months. It doesn't make any significant difference because in six months to a year they will be back to where they are and we cannot keep repeating these attacks. [. . .] At the end of the day what will be decisive is what the situation in the Middle East will be two to three years from now. If Saddam is still there, if he's rearming, if the sanctions are lifted, we will have lost, no matter what spin we put on it

(in response to the Clinton Administrations missle attacks on Iraq in 1998)

"If we continue to believe they attack us because we're free and prosperous, we can't win this fight. We have to understand the issue of blowback, we have to understand the issue of unintended consequences. And if we have a presence in the Arab world and in the Muslim world, there are consequences."

"Don't rape, don't torture, don't kill and get out while you can, while it still looks like you have a chance.  Chaos, civil war, we'll take our chances, Just take your puppets, your tanks, your smart weapons, your stupid politicians, your lies, your empty promises, your rapists, your sadistic torturers and go."

(Whats So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?

Is that a fiddle I hear there somewhere drifting through those fired dry sands?