Labhrás Ó Murchú (Fianna Fail)

It would seem that morality has now gone to the bottom of the list of priorities. We seem to depend on idealistic young people to give voice to an issue, although it may not be politically correct.

Currently, if a country or person is in the right club — particularly the club headed by the American Administration — then anything goes. This is not fair to the American people. They have made it clear in various talk shows we have heard, columns in the newspapers and polls that they are not happy with what is happening at the moment in their name.

In fairness to the Government, it should be said it has gone out on a limb on many occasions, very often as a lone voice, to ensure that morality would be centre stage. I have said this many times previously. We should be careful to unite our voices here. There is no doubt that what is happening at the moment in Iraq and the Middle East as a whole will come back to haunt us. There is no point in us putting up our hands and stating that we did not know.