:05:06
[Justin's Voice]
Diplomacy; therefore;
as we've demonstrated;
:05:10
is the very map and marker
of civilization,
:05:15
pointing nations the safest way
through country...
:05:20
fraught with peril.
:05:22
And that's it.
:05:24
Uh; Sir Bernard Pellegrin has asked me
to convey his; uh; regrets...
:05:29
that he's been unable to deliver
his lecture in person.
:05:33
And I thank you on my own behalf
for your very kind attention.
:05:36
Thank you.
:05:40
[Woman]
Excuse me. Excuse me.
:05:42
Yeah? Yeah, sorry.
Excu- Excuse me.
:05:45
Sir, I've just got one question.
I just wondered whose map,
um, is Britain using...
:05:49
when it completely ignores the United Nations
and decides to invade Iraq?
:05:53
[Audience Chuckles]
Or do you- do you think...
:05:56
it's more diplomatic to bend
to the will of a superpower...
:06:01
and-and politely take part
in Vietnam; the sequel?
:06:06
[Audience Murmuring]
:06:09
Well, uh, l- I can't speak
for Sir Bernard-
:06:14
Oh, I thought that's
why you were here.
:06:16
[Laughs]
I mean, diplomats have
to go where they're sent.
:06:20
So do Labradors.
[All]
Ooh.
:06:22
- Ouch.
- [Murmuring]
:06:25
Well; I think that; no; Sir Bernard
would no doubt argue...
:06:27
that when, um, peaceful means
are exhausted, then-
Exhausted?
:06:32
Mr. Quayle; they're not exactly
exhausted; are they?
:06:35
I mean, they're just- they're just-
No, they are just lying
in the way of the tanks.
:06:39
No; l-l-let's face it.
We've taken 60 years...
:06:43
to build up this international organization
called the United Nations,
:06:48
which is meant to avoid wars,
:06:50
- and now we just blow it up
because our car's running out of petrol.
- Sit down, Tessa, for Christ's sake.
:06:54
- L- I think-
- Hold on a minute.
Let's see what he says.
:06:56
I think the questioner
is making a valid point,
and that a nation's foreign policy...
:06:59
- should not be determined
by narrow commercial interests.
- That's bullshit.