If we were, for instance, to say, 'OK, Iraq is not worth the cost,' if we were to make that my judgment, that terrible mistake ... the next 9/11 in my view would be right around the corner,

Iraq lost oil revenues worth 6.25 billion dollars in 2005 due to sabotage on the country's oil infrastructure.

We'll look at the letter, but that's all it is. Iraq has no choice but to comply with the resolution's terms. Iraq's letter is one of the requirements. The next ones are full disclosure and active cooperation with the inspectors.

We should recognize that most Americans are focused on an exit strategy in Iraq. Even if withdrawal timelines are deemed unwise because they might provide a strategic advantage to the insurgency, the American people need to more fully understand the basis upon which our troops are likely to come home.

If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.

These days, I no longer believe there ever are truly good guys or bad guys in war, at least in the Middle East. They’re generally shades of gray. But that doesn’t translate well on television. It was too complicated. Too remote.