thank you . 
my good friend mr. dreier xz4001150 suggested that there will not be a divisive debate this morning . 
that divisive debate has already begun . 
you need to listen to the words of what my colleagues are saying . 
i attempted to avoid this divisive debate this morning . 
i attempted at the end of this session to have this congress go home with a unanimous vote congratulating the iraqi people on what they have done ; congratulating our military , our allies and the iraqi forces for making it possible for them to vote . 
there are divisions on policy , and it is an ostrich policy to pretend that there are no divisions . 
i may agree with the gentleman 's view about a timetable . 
that is not the issue . 
the issue is that the last discussion of iraq in this body will show division , bitterness and divisiveness , and that could have been avoided with a little bit of flexibility and consideration on the part of the majority for the views of almost one-half of this body . 
i thank my friend for yielding . 
