Ex-CIA chief tells forum about long war ahead

"I called it World War IV for a while," he said, but now he refers to it as "the longest war of the 21st century. I think it will last for decades."

"These are three totalitarian movements," Woolsey said. "Totalitarian regimes around the world pretty much know they're going to run into us" at some point.

Describing himself as the nearest thing to a neoconservative those attending the Camden Conference would hear, Woolsey said he supports the U.S. war with Iraq, while at the same time outlining what he believes are the mistakes of policy that led to it.