The debate on the use of Shannon Airport has focused, to a certain degree, on economic concerns. It would be disappointing if our attitude to the war in Iraq was dictated to by economics. My attitude to what is happening in Iraq and the regime of Saddam Hussein is based on his past record and the threat, or supposed threat, he poses. It is not the economics of Shannon Airport that should be debated. We should be debating whether Ireland, as a supposedly neutral nation which has advocated the primacy of the UN and the absolute necessity of a second UN resolution, can change horses mid-stream. We should also ask whether, in the absence of a second resolution, we can allow Irish facilities to be used.