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Well, that our main concern is that Iraq should not become a divided country.

Iraq is a manufactured conflict for the sake of geopolitical dominance in the area.

It's true that the war in Iraq opened a distance in relations between part of Europe and the U.S. government, but our basic ties are stronger than that. We share democracy, free markets and a commitment to Western security. We differ on how to guarantee that security.

Both Iraq and Syria are a fissile mixture of ethnicities and religions thrown together after Versailles by departing French and British imperialists and only kept together by Baathist tyranny and violence.

There are many conflicting interests in Europe.

Iraq does have many, many different tensions.

The war in Iraq has been extremely divisive here at home, and has also divided the world community.

I have said it many times: the policy of exclusion and the policy of marginalization must end in Iraq.

Two European nations emerged with credit from the Iraq disaster: France and Germany. Both had the courage to withstand the Bush administration and oppose the U.S.-led invasion.

It's not just Iraq - it's the Atlantic partnership which is at stake.