Republican Presidential Debate.In:CNN.5.Juni 2007,abgerufen am 19.Februar 2011:„[The problem is] that we succumb to the temptation to protect oil interests by literally going out and fighting wars over oil… [The most pressing moral issue in the United States right now] is the acceptance just recently that we now promote preemptive war. I do not believe that's part of the American tradition. We, in the past, have always declared war in defense of our liberties or go to aid somebody. But now we have accepted the principle of preemptive war.“