I do not necessarily accept statements made by the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, but I certainly accept the statement of my friend Donald Rumsfeld. I believe that we must consider Mr. Rumsfeld's statements. Because we do not have time. They are important matters, but they cannot be debated at half-past midnight with 10 minutes to go until the debate ends. I take my hon.
Friend leaps a pace too far.
I am the first to concede that the devil is in the detail, and when Rumsfeld says that, he is right, but to suggest that poor old Rumsfeld and poor old President Bush do not know what is going on is wholly unjustified. I hope that we can all calm down and pretend that, just occasionally, some good things can come out of Europe. If we can make the ESDP work, it will be better for everyone, including the United Kingdom. The Government, the Minister and, indeed, the Prime Minister himself now think that he was wrong, but they have never explained why. The Prime Minister signed up to an agreement with our European partners at Nice, and then went to Washington and told the President of the United States that he had done something quite different.