You certainly are correct, Kurt, in your assumption that Americans feel distressed by the way our "so called" friends treated us recently. I have already shared with this board what my feelings are for M. Chirac's actions.

That's why, like you, so many of us are grateful to the British, Australian, Spanish and the other coalition governments that support us.

I am truly sad at the tragedy that we could not have resolved this peaceably, or as a United group of Nations. But now we find out why members of the Security Council acted as they did. The Russians sold Saddam anti-GPX devices. This device only places the civilian populations at jeopardy. So much for their humanitarian concerns.