John Reid Quotes (90 Quotes)

But the Taliban are still active in the area, so are drug traffickers, ... NATO must send more troops than are currently operating in the north today. We are discussing with NATO what those additional forces should be.

We will stand by Iraq when times are tough and we will be a committed friend, not a fair-weather friend,

So the longer this goes, the more pleased the terrorists would be because it gives them the opportunity to intervene with acts of violence and, secondly, because they will claim it is an illustration of the inability of politicians in Iraq to come together.

It isn't something that will happen overnight and without discussion,

What happened yesterday was that two of our service men were arrested by Iraqi police and under the law as it stands they should have been handed back to the military authorities,

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for a lot of these kids.

I can confirm that the two British service personnel detained earlier today by the Iraqi Police Service have now been released and are back with British forces in Multi-National Division (South East),

replace it with a new military-style unit capable of maintaining law and order.

According to a recent leaked memo marked Secret U. K. Eyes Only ... Given that the government has previously and firmly indicated that setting a date for possible withdrawal or drawing down could endanger our troops on the ground in Iraq, and given that this allegedly leaked memo speculates on possible dates for such action, the government should urgently clarify the situation to ensure that it is understood that our troops will remain in Iraq until our tasks there are completed.

There is a great deal of urgency about this. I think it is the most important thing on the agenda in Iraq, which is to respond to the efforts of the terrorists to divide by terrorism by uniting through democracy.

Brandon and I have always discussed recruiting like it's going out and picking a Corvette. Now it's about picking the color you like.

While we are in Afghanistan we are defending people in Britain, the US and the rest of the world by denying terrorists a base from which to plan their operations,

When that condition has been met, we will hand over the lead in counter-terrorism to the Iraqis,

The decision is never an easy one, and I think recent history teaches us it is impossible in most cases to predict where your enemy will come from.

It hadn't improved so we decided to give him time off.

I was greatly saddened to hear of the death of a British soldier on duty in Iraq. As always, my thoughts are with the family and the families of those injured in this appalling act of violence.

It is not a matter of casualties, but a matter of trying to avoid innocent casualties of terrorism.

This is about a threat of the nature that massacred thousands of people in New York,

Our troops will be there until such times as the conditions are met those conditions being the Iraqis themselves having such democratic control and such security forces that they can take the lead,

be highly regrettable if he were to exclude himself from institutions which are already improving the lives of people in Northern Ireland.

The death of this British soldier in Iraq deeply saddens me. All our thoughts and sympathies are with the family at this very difficult time.

I am delighted that Her Majesty has seen fit to mark the outstanding gallantry, professionalism and commitment of so many service personnel operating in difficult and challenging environments. I am immensely proud of their achievements and congratulate them all.

The reason Canada has dropped is because Canada is way ahead in doing this.

I hope that any country near or bordering Iraq itself would be doing nothing that is or could be construed as assisting terrorists,

The threats of proliferation and the fight against terrorism are as great now as they have ever been, but they provide a real opportunity for the UK and India to work together as partners on tackling these global issues,

Nick's track record and experience television, digital, international make him the right leader to fully integrate AP's technical operations globally and for all media, including video.

All government departments will be smoke-free, ... All enclosed public places and workplaces ... will be smoke free. All restaurants will be smoke free. All pubs and bars preparing and serving food will be smoke free.

not set to any immutable time scale.

We have to be buying resources that are relevant to today's threats, not to the threats of 10 or 15 years ago,

I (and) other ministers fully respect the fact that parents want clarity on what is going on and secondly that it isn't going to go on in an indiscriminate fashion.

And the suggestion that any government would use that sort of subject and phenomenon for spin and public relations I thought was beneath contempt.

I believe it is a process that could start, no more than that, over the next 12 months, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.

She could prick the pomposity of the powerful with the same ease with which she could communicate with the mass of ordinary folk.

flattered that a number of people have approached him or mentioned to him that he would be a great candidate one day, down the line.

I can also tell the House that British troops have opened fire in order to prevent unauthorized entry to . . . a camp in Kabul,

It's pretty clear Neil Craig won't take any risks with players if they can present themselves tomorrow I'm sure they'll play, but, if there's any doubt, he will err on the side of caution.

We should have no illusion as to the severity of the struggle we face against international terror. It will be long, it will wide and it will be deep,

We are promoting the opportunity for healthy living in a manner and scale unseen before.

It is a matter of political practicality. In the course of the next four years this decision will take place. It will inevitably be more public than such decisions in the past,

I am sorry about yesterday. I was on the platform. We didn't want it. It shouldn't have happened. It's not the way we do things in here.

Troops are facing a dark time in Iraq but we won't quit,

an international battle of enormous proportions.

take stock because there can be no justification for the kind of violence that leaves 39 police officers injured.

Any withdrawal of forces will be based on local conditions, not some immutable timetable, ... This will mean a transition, a process, not a peremptory decision or a one-off event.

It was huge by our standards at the time. It put the game on the map.

He is not just any old Tory MP - he is the architect of the Tory tax and spending plans over the last two years

And that is why in the course of the day, while we were negotiating, in view of that fact that they weren't handed over, we got increasingly worried and the commander on the spot, with hindsight, was absolutely right to do what he did, because we discovered they weren't in the police station, they were somewhere else, but are now safe,

It is a relatively small number of people who want to impose their will by the use of terror on the rest of civilization, ... Late Edition.

Our purpose in Afghanistan is simple, that is to help the people and the government of Afghanistan to build their own democratic institutions and to take control of their own future.

NATO has been probably the most effective defense organization in world history, but no institution has the divine right to exist.