We think both sides would gain by having more interaction. We would learn more about them, and perhaps they would learn more about us.

Perhaps all human interaction is about wanting and getting.

Obviously the extremists want to provoke sectarian warfare, and I am struck by the fact that over a three-year period, leaders of the (Iraqi) communities have been quite resistant to this. The test is whether the political process continues.

We see it that the fight is still on and he knows that,

This is a situation that both sides would be satisfied with.

I think perhaps it is a generational thing,