The purpose of the UN mechanism, this inspection mechanism, is not to engage in a cat and mouse game with Saddam Hussein and try to find weapons that the Iraqi government is working on concealing.

Peace, of course, is different from divorce; indeed, in essential respects, divorce is the opposite of peace.

Europe is a collection of free countries.

The United States has some people in Europe with whom we disagree on this matter and a large number of people in Europe, including governments in Europe, with whom we agree.

Though public pronouncements of Israeli officials emphasize peace and mutuality, unilateralism actually drives Israeli actions.

I think the disarmament of Iraq is inevitable.

There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade.