Reply #26: In fact it was America that supported Pol Pot, but then you

[Vladimir]

were being sarcastic. And actually, Galloway met Saddam twice. The second time he was there to try and persuade Saddam to let the inspectors back in - as it happens he failed, but I think few would seriously argue with the motive of the trip. The first time around, he was there to try and remind the world that the Iraq war, through sanctions and no-fly zones and periodic aerial bombardments, was still going on. Now Galloway has said many times that he regrets his words on first meeting Saddam, and I think everyone regrets them. But that is one statement, out of dozens of public statements he has made against Saddam, and if you are going to hold your politicians to that sort of standard I wish you luck in finding someone to vote for.