Today we confront the future with optimism from a founded hope for the Iraqi people - in freedom

Because the task of a political leader is to do what he believes is better for his country. Sometimes the public opinion is in favor; sometimes the public opinion needs a little bit more time to understand things.

There are the countries of the north of Europe taking decisions and the countries of the south of Europe that are living under intervention. This division exists.

Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.

I am a quiet man who grows through adversity.

Today we confront the future with optimism from a founded hope for the Iraqi people - in freedom