Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-04-Speech-3-018"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-09-04"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020904.1.3-018"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-04-Speech-3-0192
lpv:speaker	lp:James Nicholson2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, first of all I welcome this debate this morning. It has come at an opportune time. To a large extent the problem we face in Iraq is the unfinished business of the Gulf War. We have to recognise that before we begin. Mr Watson referred to the previous President Bush and the fact that to some extent the most recent President Bush maybe hopes to resolve some of his father's failures. The truth is, and we have got to face it, Saddam Hussein has effectively made fools out of the international community ever since that time. Time and time again he has led them forward by the nose and time and time again they have allowed him to get away with it. Yes, the United Nations has done sterling work but with no success for weapons inspection to date. I welcome Mr Blair's statement this morning, whatever it means. No doubt he will not be able to tell us everything but perhaps he could throw some light on the situation. The weapons of mass destruction must be destroyed to protect the free world. Yes, Saddam Hussein has ruled Iraq with an iron fist, he is an evil dictator. We must ensure that Iraq is approached in a multilateral way. There must be no unilateral approach. I believe there must be a wide-ranging international coalition supported by the United Nations resolution. This is not a resolution for doing nothing, as many Americans would say, but assures widespread support for that action and much of it has been outlined here this morning. We must engage Congress as Mr Barón Crespo said, but I have to tell this House in my experience Congress is thinking of the November 5 elections and is not all that much engaged or wanting to engage in discussions with the European Parliament. However, we in the European Union must be central to this."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Nicholson (PPE-DE )."1

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