I think the idea that you would do everything you can to prevent what is coming at you by way of something very disruptive - a 9/11 - it's a no-brainer.

I don't know how you define 'neoconservatism,' but I think it's associated with trying to spread open political systems and democracy.

I want my grandchildren to be proud of me. That's the main thing.

My experience is that if the military didn't want to use force and was confronted with a president that did, the military would come back with what I would call the 'bomb Moscow' scenario. They would say it had to be done with conditions that were so extreme, you obviously wouldn't do it.