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 Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:44 am Post subject: UK defence minister: “Afghanistan - Worth the Sacrifice” |
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http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/newsroom/?view=News&id=8990569
excerpt from UK defence secretary John Hutton: “Afghanistan – Worth the Sacrifice”
On Tuesday 11th November 2008 Rt. Hon John Hutton MP, Secretary of State for Defence, addressed the IISS on Afghanistan
| Quote: | Terrorism is a constant threat. One that actually cannot be understated. Wished away or appeased. Now it has to be confronted. Wherever and whenever it threatens our security here at home. That is why we have 8000 troops in Afghanistan.
And to those who say that we can never succeed, that we should walk away and accept defeat, I say simply this: the victims of that kind of defeatism would be the British people. We would have abandoned our ability to tackle terrorism at source. And we would then have to deal with it here on our own streets. |
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http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page17420
excerpt from ‘Speech given by the Prime Minister to the Lord Mayor’s Banquet at the Guildhall’
by Gordon Brown, 10 November 2008
| Quote: | | And we will support the Afghan and Pakistan governments in working together to tackle the security issues across the border which the last decade has shown are crucial to our own security at home. Afghanistan is a test the international community cannot afford to fail. And we will not fail. |
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http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/newsroom/latest-news/?view=Speech&id=8886937
excerpt from ‘UK Foreign Secretary Miliband on Andrew Marr Show’
Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, was interviewed in the Andrew Marr show on Sunday 9 November on Obama's election and foreign policy issues.
| Quote: | | [T]his is in the end about making Afghanistan safe for its own people from Taliban and therefore from entry by Al Qaeda, but also thereby making us safe. |
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