Labhrás Ó Murchú (Fianna Fail)

We have listened for so long to spokespersons for the American Administration preaching sermons about other countries using chemical weapons. The acquiescence by many nations worries me and can have only one result. It will come back and haunt us in the future. One cannot build a stable democracy in Iraq against a background of torture, which we have recently learned about, and the use of chemical weapons.

The United States invaded Iraq with some backup, particularly from Britain, against the wishes of the United Nations. In my first comment in this House on the invasion I said it was immoral, unjustified and would lead nowhere, and my comment stands.