A greater international role is important to lift some of the burden from the shoulders of the United States.

Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples.

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

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

Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.

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

Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.