Paul Bradford (Fine Gael)

I welcome the Minister of State. He has been here on several occasions debating the ongoing and changing situation in Iraq since last Christmas.

I was interested in his words of optimism and satisfaction concerning the situation in Liberia and I note what he has said. One has to concede, however, that Mr. Charles Taylor of Liberia on his worst day was probably not as bad as Saddam Hussein. That is one part of the equation that makes the situation in Iraq more difficult to resolve than that in Liberia. The Minister of State indicated what can be done when there is full UN involvement and hopefully that will turn out to be the case in Iraq in the near future.