We are all internationalists now, whether we like it or not...

I don't think there Is a way politically to beat "Insurgent Movement Of Populism".

Retreat might give us a moment of respite but years of repentance at our weakness would, I believe, follow.

We've seen the reality of Saddam's regime: his thugs prepared to kill their own people, the parading of prisoners of war and now the release of those pictures of executed British soldiers.

Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.

They could have been removed. They could have been hidden. They could have been destroyed.

I think the single most important political distinction today is actually between open-minded versus closed-minded, and that's why I think this crosses the boundaries of traditional - center-right and center-left have much more in common with each other right now than the right does with the center-right, and the left does with the center-left.