70 ordspråk av Geoff Hoon
Geoff Hoon
We measured numbers of people and platforms in the Cold War because we were preparing for an essentially attritional campaign, holding back Soviet forces,
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We want Saddam to accept the will of the international community,
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We will immediately take steps to identify and reduce notice to move for some additional headquarters and units, to allow further deployments as rapidly as possible in response to this accelerating program of work.
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We've made it clear that this is not the start of a major conflict, but certainly our forces are ready, they are prepared and they will take on the tasks that assigned to them,
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weeks rather than months.
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What happens next remains with Baghdad and Saddam Hussein
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What we are doing in Iraq is entirely lawful. It is covered by the Hague and Geneva Conventions, it is perfectly proper and perfectly lawful.
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What we are doing is ensuring that we have a range of military options available should they be required, ... This process does not lead inexorably to military action.
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with his usual very considerable skill.
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With winter on the horizon, they could fairly claim to have done enough, although we don't want to stop them at all,
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