John Reid
John Reid
family thoughts
My thoughts are with his family and friends.
family soldier sympathies thoughts today
My thoughts and sympathies are with the family and friends of the soldier tragically killed today in Mazar-e-Sharif.
defense divine effective nato
NATO has been probably the most effective defense organization in world history, but no institution has the divine right to exist.
authority highly statement stature within
highly significant statement from someone of his authority and stature within republicanism.
balance buses drink people rights
But it is right also that people should be responsible about not being abusive through drink on buses and other places. That is the balance of rights and responsibilities.
chasing mission primary taliban
Their primary mission will not be to go chasing Taliban all over the country,
assisting country hope iraq itself near
I hope that any country near or bordering Iraq itself would be doing nothing that is or could be construed as assisting terrorists,
game huge standards
It was huge by our standards at the time. It put the game on the map.
armed equipment forces greater numbers role sure
I want to make sure if our armed forces are going to play a greater role in the world than previously that we give them the welfare, the numbers and the equipment that they need.
admit expect frantic freely terrorists
I freely admit to you that I expect that the terrorists will get more frenetic, more frantic
course next process start
In the course of next year, there could be the start of the process of the handover to the Iraqis.
embraced enemies enemy faced history
In our history we have faced enemies before which have embraced some of these methods. Never, though, have we faced an enemy that embraced them all on such a scale.
exclude highly himself improving lives northern people
be highly regrettable if he were to exclude himself from institutions which are already improving the lives of people in Northern Ireland.
committed radar thinking
He's on our radar but we haven't yet committed in any form. We're still thinking that one through.