The Iraqi Elections Were An Important First

Progress Is Only Possible If The United States And Its Allies Work Together.

America Is Stronger Than Any State Probably Since The Roman Empire. But We Can't Do What Used To Be Done With That Kind Of Strength.

I Believe The Chinese Are Gradually Realizing That They're Dependent On The System That, As They Run Out Of Energy, For Example, They Have To Reach Out To Foreign Sources For Energy, For Raw Materials. They Have To Reach Out To The World For Markets. They Have To Export. They Have To Maintain Full Employment. They've Got A Terrible Population Problem. So They Need A Stable World, In A Way.

But There Is Scant Evidence To Tie Saddam To Terrorist Organizations, And Even Less To The Sept. 11 Attacks.

To Sum Up, The Position We Took Was That Since We Didn't Know The Internal Situation In Iraq Nor Saddam Hussein, That Our Best Bet Was To Take Counsel From The People Who Did Know Him And Who Did Deal With Him.