“President Bush did not lash out precipitously at Iraq after 9/11. . . .  He did not dismiss new inspection regimes. He did not ignore Congress. . . .  At each pivotal moment, he has chosen a course of moderation and deliberation, and I believe he will continue to do so. ” (2002)

“I consider myself in this matter to be an ally of the Iraqi and Kurdish opposition, and I think that’s being true to the same principles with which one was opposed to previous interventions there.” (2002)

“What they needed to see was American boys and girls going house to house to house — from Basra to Baghdad — and basically saying: ‘Which part of this sentence don’t you understand? You don’t think we care about our open society? . . .  Well: Suck. On. This.’ That, Charlie, was what this war was about.” (2003)