Time will be the judge of the rights and wrongs of the current conflict. Many of the arguments made by Members of the House during the 1991 Gulf War ring hollow now. I do not want war. There will be many losers – I include in this political harmony in Europe – as a result of the current conflict. However, if I had to choose between Baghdad and Washington, I would choose Washington, as have many generations of Irish people before me. I thank the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs for the way they have conducted foreign policy during these difficult times.