These are not tactics of war, they are crimes of war, ... Deploying human shields is not a military strategy, it's murder, a violation of the laws of armed conflict and a crime against humanity, and it will be treated as such.

The goal is to have the pressure be so great that Saddam Hussein cooperates, ... Short of that -- an unwillingness to cooperate -- the goal is to have the capabilities of the coalition so clear and so obvious that there is an enormous disincentive for the Iraqi military to fight against the coalition.

You cannot defend against terrorists by hunkering down, ... You simply must go after them. That is the only proper defense is an offense.

We wanted to be here and meet with the senior leadership in this country because we value their advice, we value their counsel and we recognize that this is a campaign, a war, a battle against a problem that crosses the globe,

The problem is, to a large extent, we are in unexplored territory with this unconventional and complex struggle against extremism,

It's impossible ... to defend in every location against every conceivable kind of attack at every time of the day or night,

Our challenge in this new century is a different one, ... It's really to defend our nation against the unknown, the uncertain and, what we have to understand, will be the unexpected. That may seem on the face of it an impossible task but it is not.

We're not going to making requests of the Saudi Arabian government. We are respectful of the circumstance of the countries of the region. We understand that, ... Our interest is to create a set of conditions, a sustained effort against terrorist networks in the region.

We should put this S.O.B. up against a wall and say, 'This is one of our bad days,' and pull the trigger.