Reuters event

Eric and I went to see the US ambassador talk at a Reuters event last night.

Highlights include a very intersting talk with the following quotations:

Iraq: "suggling to adapt". "job is far from over", "struggle ahead"

Terror: people are "looking for reasons" & "demanding answers" the real reason is NOT the US. And those people harbour a pre war view which is a "fantasy held by those who forget he world wasn't safe before" 9/11 was "last straw not start"

Iran:
Us and Universal "interests treated with disdain". "consequences must be serious", "cooperate and be part of the solution. hold back and be hope to the lawless"

General:

"Nothing will change the fact that there is an enemy among us"

"we must continue to defend ourselves by arms but the war will be won by ideas" - very cold war....

After the talk we enjoyed a very pleasant reception - staying until everyone had gone - at one point I went into the room where the special branch officers were and borrowed some of there food (I asked and had a chat with them, anyway they weren't eating it).