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I agree we fund the UN but we don't run it and we can't decide who's on or off the Security Council. I agree with you that, where the UN's concerned, we're chumps and shouldn't put up with their nonsense.

Clearly Blair's sticking with Bush but, when the idea of attacking Iraq first came up, I think Blair felt he'd need to see the effort made.

As far as I'm concerned, the problem with Somalia was we were involved at all. Same goes for Bosnia and Kosovo.

I don't share the enthusiasm for attacking Iraq. Nobody's been able to connect Saddam with AQ and the evidence is, in fact, that they're bitter opponents. North Korea is at least five years ahead of Iraq towards having a nuclear capability, has missiles which can reach Alaska, is working on missiles which can reach the West Coast and sells to anybody with the funds. We'd be far better off addressing the threat from NK than involving ourselves in the Middle East, an area which - except for the region's oil - isn't worth an American sprained ankle.

[Bonaparte]

"Nobody's been able to connect Saddam with AQ and the evidence is, in fact, that they're bitter opponents."

Then why did Saddam give them a base of operations in his country?

[Bonaparte]

And I think we'll be addressing the NK problem very soon.

[Bonaparte]

Here you go.

[Bonaparte]

Here's more on the aid and comfort Iraq has been giving to its "bitter enemy," Al Qaeda.