War and moralism are uneasy bedfellows, and “low risk” conflicts often turn out to be anything but.

It’s the worst humanitarian and human rights crisis in a decade, when both sides have committed serious crimes.

We could become a failed state.

We must actively look for measures to secure our military’s own forces to deter and effectively deal with North Korea’s nuclear threats.

We’re here to defend Venezuela; that’s what we were elected to do. Even if it costs us our lives.

Hatred can rot a person’s wisdom and conscience. An enemy mentality will poison the spirit of a nation and inflame brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society’s tolerance and humanity, and hinder a country’s advance toward freedom and democracy.

Each American generation passes the torch of truth, liberty and justice – in an unbroken chain all the way down to the present. That torch is now in our hands. And we will use it to light up the world.

This was a mission that was started before I got here. This was something that was, you know, just they wanted to do. They came to see me. They explained what they wanted to do, the generals, who are very respected. My generals are the most respected that we've had in many decades, I believe. And they lost Ryan.

The naivety is to believe that the much-needed reconciliation between Israel and its neighbours can go forward without peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.