The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
It's not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.
The Iraqi elections were an important first step.
Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
My point was that removing Saddam should not have been our highest priority. Fighting terrorism should have been our number one concern, followed by the Palestinian peace process.