We Are A European Nation - Must

First Of All, We Have To Say Loud And Clear To All Those Who Are Engaged In The Fighting That Attention To And Respect For Humanitarian Needs Is Absolutely Imperative. Anyone With Any Knowledge Of Iraq, Never Mind Any Concern About The Future, Knows That The Way In Which The War Is Prosecuted Has A Big Impact On What Comes Afterwards.

You Know, You Only Get To Live Life Once, So There Are Two Things That That Yields. One Is That There's No Point In Crying Over Spilt Milk, But Secondly You Hate Wasting Time, Energy, And Whatever Talent You've Got...

I Abhor Anything That Constitutes Torture. Water-boarding, Its Perfectly Clear To Me It Is Torture. I Never Supported Extraordinary Rendition To Torture, Always Said That Guantanamo Should Be Closed. There Is No Clash Of Ideals And Pragmatism There.

Thirty Years Ago, If You Said The Country Was Living Beyond Its Means, People Would Have Thought About Economics. Now, If You Talk About The Country, Or The Planet Living Beyond Its Means, You Think About The Environment. We Are Taking Out More Than We Are Giving Back. We Are Consuming Energy, Water, And Other Natural Resources In A Way That Is Leading To Huge And Often Irreversible Damage To The Planet. So Too Are Most Other Developed Nations. And So Too Will China And India If They Follow The Same Path Of Economic Development As Us

In The End, Human History Is Made Up Of All Our Decisions.