I'm not aware that the government of Haiti is eager or urging Aristide to come back. Our understanding is the government of Haiti is looking forward, is not looking back. |
I'm not aware that the government of Haiti is eager or urging Aristide to come back. They've got a democracy to build ... and the future is not the past. Aristide is from the past. We're looking to the future. |
I'm not going to today give you a full accounting of specific steps we're going to take in reaction to this arrest. We're not there yet. But I think it is important to note that, as I said before, the repression of political dissent does have an impact on the bilateral relationship, and the relationship would be moving forward farther and faster, if there were more political openness, more tolerance of dissent, less restrictions. |
I'm reluctant to get into a daily back and forth with Taiwanese officials about things that they said the day before. I think our position is clear. |
If Iran has a problem with the state of affairs and the situation it finds itself in, Iran has only itself to blame. |
If we were asked, I think we'd say it's probably not a good idea. Doesn't serve a useful purpose. |
If you look at where Egypt is now in terms of reforms and openness and democratic development versus where it was a year or two years ago, I think it's important to note that there has been important progress made. |
If you want to talk about global consciousness, I'd say there's one country that is focused on action... dialogue... co-operation and... helping the developing world, and that's the United States. |
In any situation like this, where passions are high, it's important both to respect citizens' civil and political rights and at the same time refrain from violence and refrain from actions that provoke confrontation and provoke violence, and that's a responsibility incumbent on all citizens. |
In our view, the U.N., under the leadership of Secretary-General Annan, is supporting the investigation, understands what's at stake, and is doing the right thing, |
In this regard, Secretary Annan has been playing an important and, I think, proper role. |
Innocent people are getting blown up in Iraq because Syria is allowing its territory to be used by terrorists bent on sowing murder and mayhem in Iraq and they're not going to succeed. |
Innocent people are getting blown up in Iraq because Syria is allowing its territory to be used by terrorists bent on sowing murder and mayhem in Iraq. And they're not going to succeed. The international community is not going to let this continue to happen. |
Iran, as its record demonstrates, has a long history of trying to develop weapons of mass destruction, supporting terror. We view with concern any suggestion that Iran would seek to contribute to very destabilizing and unhelpful international behavior. |
It could not have happened without their, at a minimum, tacit involvement. |