Europe is a collection of free countries.

Well we are hoping that the power of the community of free nations is such that our sovereignty our rights are not going to be challenged by anybody who's going try to undermine the freedom, the openness of our societies and our security.

There are other countries in Europe,

I'm concerned about getting Iraq on its feet.

We are a country that has many friends, many allies, when we operate in the world, we operate with friends and allies that's been true for decades and if we wind up going to war in Iraq it will be true in Iraq.

I think the essential message was that Saddam Hussein represented a serious threat to the United States and to our friends and allies in the region.