Like Senator Ryan, I deplore the presentation of the war made by the electronic media as it sanitises and deodorises appalling experiences. The real casualties, apart from Iraqi civilians, are likely to be the United Nations, international diplomacy, the European Union and its Common Foreign and Security Policy. While it is important not to allow a split to develop between Europe and the United States, we must not allow American isolationism to grow. Neither should we allow those Americans who have a non-isolationist view to think they are on their own. It is also important to avoid divisions within the European Union. The events of recent weeks have made the work of forming a common foreign and security policy more difficult, it may even impede, if not imperil, the work of the Convention on the Future of Europe.