Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-01-29-Speech-3-040"
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"en.20030129.2.3-040"2
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"Mr President, we all know that pacifism has often been the worst enemy of peace: Munich remains in all our memories. For now, however, the observation that we must make following the inspectors’ report is that Iraq has not clearly refused to implement resolution 1441. Without any genuinely new information, and we shall see whether the US Secretary of State is able to provide any, nothing therefore currently justifies the Security Council adopting a new resolution authorising the instigation of military operations against Baghdad. In order to be able to justify the international community’s move to the second phase of action, the elements of proof would have to be equal to the seriousness of the accusations. Until now, however, no proof has been provided, whereas substantial grey areas remain.
In this context, the instigation of a war, bypassing the Security Council, against a State that now appears to comply with the decisions of the international community would undoubtedly have effects contrary to those desired. By placing Saddam Hussein in the paradoxical position of persecuted innocent in the eyes of developing world opinion, he would inevitably relaunch the very Islamic terrorism that we have undertaken to eradicate. In the current conditions, Mr President, the cure would therefore be worse than the disease."@en1
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