Mary White (Fianna Fail)

I support the calls for a debate on Iraq and I suggest a separate debate on Palestine as these are enormously different issues. The debate on Iraq could deal with the demeaning of the United Nations by the United States Government. I came back from the United States on Monday but while there I attended a function at which George Bush senior spoke. During the function he said he supported his son totally on the war in Iraq but only 20% of those at the function applauded him. Many of them were senior Republican supporters and from my experience in the US, thinking Republicans are absolutely embarrassed by George W. Bush. If Dr. Howard Dean gets his act together, as the only Democrat who opposed the war in Iraq he will have an opportunity to defeat George W. Bush who is an embarrassment in the United States.

Senator Norris is correct. The average American person does not see the carnage in Iraq but the thinking people who read magazines and newspapers saw that last week The New York Times called George W. Bush a buffoon.