Only a week ago, administration officials said there would be no adoption of the peace plan until after the Iraq issue was settled.

They brought the Iraq issue in September for a purpose.

A few athletes in this tournament come at the Iraq issue from other angles.

There is more to it than the Iraq issue.

The Iraq issue is not war vs. peace.

Only a few weeks ago many officials in Germany were worried that the country would end up alone on the Iraq issue.

"The Iraq issue acted as a lightning rod for a more general sense of disenchantment," he said.

But the Iraq issue has clearly aroused the traditional, honorable conservatism of fighting men, who know what war costs.

The Iraq issue is the best possible example of this.

For the first year of the Bush presidency, his administration has been torn over the Iraq issue.