After President Bush made a speech to the UN General Assembly on September 12, 2002, claiming the United States would work with the UN to pressure Saddam Hussein, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder said: ” ‘We need more peace, not more war… And that’s why, under my leadership, Germany will not participate.’ ”
– Todd S. Purdum and The New York Times Staff, A Time of Our Choosing, Page 47