We face a vicious circle of escalating violence. President Bush ran on the platform of a 'humble' foreign policy in 2000. If we re-elect him now, we endorse the Bush doctrine of preemptive action and the invasion of Iraq, and we will have to live with the consequences.

This is the most important election of my lifetime. I have never been heavily involved in partisan politics but these are not normal times. President Bush is e…

I grew up in Hungary, lived through fascism and the Holocaust, and then had a foretaste of communism. I learned at an early age how important it is what kind o…

Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and so on. We do need to intervene, to i…

India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.

Iraq is an unjust war. (spoken on the Diane Rehm Show; stated in articles written for NY Times; printed in USA Today)