Mideast shifts show need for multilateral diplomacy.

(From International Herald Tribune (Herald Asahi))

The Asahi Shimbun Funabashi: What is needed for the stability and democratization of Iraq? To what extent can Iraq achieve these targets? Clinton: There was an attempt in the Sunni area to intimidate voters, and yet 58 percent of the people in the country went to the polls and voted. So in that sense, it was clearly a success

I think that the most important thing now is to set up a functioning representative government without cutting the Sunnis out

Then we need help from all willing countries to train security forces so that this new government can provide an atmosphere of order and safety

It's quite possible that the experiment will work, if they can be genuinely representative, and …