The Third Smet in the Middle East

I think, you know, in terms of sort of global outreach and keeping the peace, we can't imagine a world in which there are no peacekeepers. But I think it's a terrible mistake to think that every legitimate order has to be a liberal democracy. The trouble is that we have an incredible superficial understanding of our own cultural identity. And when it comes to other civilizations, we have to start saying, "There are ways we can share something in common with them"