Military confrontation is not a suitable alternative in confronting terror and current security threats.

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

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

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

We must provide all kinds of freedom, personal and economic, to all Iraqis. I will fight for that.

We must acknowledge that for scores of years the Iraqis have offered martyrs and victims but have not been able to change the regime.

Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.