Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.

The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.

Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

Iraq is not going to starve to death because of the absence of assistance from Arab countries.

Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.

There is a kind of sympathy with the Americans who are looked upon as liberators.

Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different.