The argument in this regard would have been greatly advanced if we had not been on the United Nations Security Council up to December of last year. It would have been interesting to see what role the Government and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Cowen, would have taken in that context. Would we have taken the view of countries such as Chile and Mexico which let the United States know that, while they remain its friends, they did not support its adventurism? I do not believe we would have done so and certainly not as vocally as they did. I suspect that we would not have done so privately either. We might have put in very clear perspective for ourselves precisely what Irish neutrality means. It is quite clear what it means to the Pentagon; we were, and are probably still, considered to be a tacit member of the coalition of the willing. The US clearly saw us as being on its side and no doubt had some reason for thinking that. It is not difficult for us to use our imagination to work out why that is the case.