"These are really hard problems, and it's nobody's fault that we're not getting them all resolved. One of the biggest problems of all, and there is fault here - I blame the president, I blame leaders like myself, I blame opposition to the president, which likes to muddy the waters - I think there has been a failure to honestly convey to the American people the true, big picture.

If you view Iraq as a stand-alone problem, we should not be there today. I think it's wrong to view it that way. You have to view it as part of an overall war . . .

I don't think we will ever make wise decisions about any of these things, including the Iran piece of it, or Afghanistan, unless there is a better understanding of a real challenge the West generally faces from radical Islam, from the terrorists who are spawned by radical Islam, and the other circumstances that arise in other countries around the world." - Senator Jon Kyl in an interview with the Arizona Republic editorial board.