It is not easy to solve this problem but as we have seen at home and abroad a political solution is the only way forward and where there is optimism about a political future or solution support for violence plummets. When hope for a political future declines mayhem and terror rise again. The most urgent task today for the United Nations, the European Union and for all international friends of the United States is to press for, insist upon, and agree a political way forward. Just as the lack of a political process in Northern Ireland, in the Middle East or any part of the globe causes a dangerous vacuum and a lack of hope so too with the situation in Iraq. It is imperative that the political process of building new institutions which will be inclusive and all-embracing is put in place. When the people of Iraq see this agenda they will truly feel that there is a new beginning.