Jack Straw Iraq Quotations

Let there be no doubt that any failure by Iraq to comply with its obligations will lead to serious consequences, ... For it is only the credible threat of force which has brought Iraq this far today.

We can't get into a situation of bargaining with terrorists because this would put many more people's lives at risk, not only in Iraq but around the world,

The government of Iraq has to be from the people of Iraq and by the people of Iraq, of course with the support of the coalition and with the support of the United Nations and of the international community.

We cannot get into a situation, and I believe the family understand this, where we start bargaining with terrorists and kidnappers, because if we were to, we would not make Iraq or anywhere else safer,

are here for the long-term to see Iraq through to a better future.

The news that a third British citizen has died from his wounds from the attack in Iraq is terrible -- terrible for his family and for his community -- and it is something which all of us condemn unreservedly,

I know too that the only reason we have got any cooperation at all out of Iraq is because of the credible threat of force.

The conclusion is now inescapable that Iraq is in material breach of Resolution 1441, ... But, I also say this: That war is not inevitable.