so let's get this straight, NOW they want the UN's help
Blair, now is not the time, why because you're in trouble)
Sunday is the first time the two leaders have met
Iraq has become the "crucible of global terrorism", but insurgents will be defeated, Tony Blair has pledged. Speaking after talks at Downing Street with Iraq's interim prime minister, he vowed to see the "struggle" through and deliver a "huge defeat" for terrorism.
Iyad Allawi called on the UN to provide whatever help was needed to make next January's planned elections a success. He said he was adamant democracy would prevail against the "forces of evil" operating in his country. "We definitely are going to stick to the timetable of elections in January next year," he told reporters on Sunday.
"We are succeeding in Iraq. We are succeeding against the forces of evil." This is the crucible in which the future of this global terrorism will be determined
Tony Blair
The UK Prime Minister said: "Now is not the time for the international community to divide or disagree but to come together. "Whatever the disagreements about the first conflict in Iraq to remove Saddam, in this conflict now taking place in Iraq, this is the crucible in which the future of this global terrorism will be determined. "And either it will succeed and this terrorism will grow, or we will succeed, the Iraqi people will succeed, and this global terrorism will be delivered a huge defeat." The Iraqi people's "struggle for liberty, democracy and stability is actually our struggle too, which is why we will see it through until it finishes - not in the victory of America, Britain or the West but the victory of the Iraqi people", Mr Blair added.
Mr Allawi is visiting the UK as part of a tour which will also take him to New York and Washington.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3670426.stm