That kind of campaign has fortunately passed into history as technology has moved on. |
the appalling regime here. |
The armored battle group that will deploy brings important qualities of extensive training, experience and hard-edge combat capability. It is not the case, as is often implied, that there are 130,000 U.S. troops that could take on this task, ... In fact, fewer than a third of U.S. forces in Iraq have the requisite combat capability, and of those even fewer have the armored capability that is needed. |
The British government believes we must be resolved to disarming Saddam Hussein. It must be done before the terror weapons he possesses can be used by Saddam himself or by others with his blessing. We must steel ourselves to the consequences of that resolve and send a clear message to Saddam Hussein: You cannot win. You can only comply and disarm or be defeated. The choice is entirely yours. |
The choice of what happens next remains with Baghdad and Saddam Hussein. The consequence of his failing to abide (by U.N. resolutions) is military action. Without that threat there is no hope, |
The deaths of these servicemen are especially poignant on a day when Iraqis were able to enjoy the freedom of democratic elections for the first time in many years. |
the full scale of the requirement ... has yet to be developed. |
The government has decided that we should accept the U.S. request for assistance, |
The political connection between India and the UK runs deep and stands stronger than it has ever been. I attend this event for the second consecutive year and reinforce my belief that we have a lot to learn from the world's largest democracy. |
The public must remain vigilant, we must continue to take care to deal with these kinds of appalling threats to our safety and security. |
the right group of forces for the sort of tasks that may be necessary. |
The world has changed even if he has not ... (and) that makes him more of a threat. It is in the light of September 11 that Saddam's hidden arsenal must be judged, |
There is excellent cooperation between our two countries in that respect. It's something that obviously we want to build on, |
This changeover will represent the first stage of our plans to withdraw the bulk of our deployed force by the previously announced timetable of mid-June, |
This government plans and prepares. We will plan and prepare for this winter. |