The U.N. is much more than the case of Iraq.

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On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must...

On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must...

If you take the biological weapons in the United States we still will have perhaps...

If you take the biological weapons in the United States we still will have perhaps...

You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much...

You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much...

So interviews are a valuable tool, but under certain circumstances they'd be more valuable than...

So interviews are a valuable tool, but under certain circumstances they'd be more valuable than...

I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with...

I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with...

The Iraqis are not threatened by the Turks or by the Iranians or by the...

The Iraqis are not threatened by the Turks or by the Iranians or by the...

The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did...

The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did...

I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had...

I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had...

Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use...

Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use...

It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it.

It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it.

If public opinion still endorses military action that's one thing, but if they wait maybe...

If public opinion still endorses military action that's one thing, but if they wait maybe...

I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and...

I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and...

I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces...

I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces...

What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting...

What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting...

But I would say if the Security Council is only relevant if it agrees with...

But I would say if the Security Council is only relevant if it agrees with...

Look at the Palestinians with the huge, huge percentage of unemployed. What does that breed?...

Look at the Palestinians with the huge, huge percentage of unemployed. What does that breed?...

The world has gotten so interwoven.

The world has gotten so interwoven.

Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire,...

Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire,...

The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for...

The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for...

The country is not a democratic state. Therefore we fear that they might carry a...

The country is not a democratic state. Therefore we fear that they might carry a...