The Iraqi Elections Were An Important First

America Wants To Work With Friends, With Allies, With People Of Good Will, To Make This A Better World.

To Sum Up, The Position We Took Was That Since We Didn't Know The Internal Situation In Iraq Nor Saddam Hussein, That Our Best Bet Was To Take Counsel From The People Who Did Know Him And Who Did Deal With Him.

But The Central Point Is That Any Campaign Against Iraq, Whatever The Strategy, Cost And Risks, Is Certain To Divert Us For Some Indefinite Period From Our War On Terrorism.

If You Look Back At The First Gulf War, The Arabs Sent Forces, They Sent Money. So Their Interests In Iraq Are Clear, But They're Nowhere To Be Seen Now. Why? Because Right Now, It's Dangerous To Be Seen As Supporting The United States.

I Think Above All, What We Need With Iran Is Patience.