Mike Jackson Quotes

Military operations cannot be tidy or free of friction - particularly in a coalition whose contributing nations see the campaign through national prisms.

You cannot expect soldiers to change people's minds. That has to be done in other ways.

We told them this morning and I think they (reacted) like you would expect. It was a surprise and the reality of this is very sobering for everybody. I don't take this lightly at all not at all.

Look, we're living in a crazy time right now. There's a lot of craziness going on in the world and in the United States in particular.

Missing your lunch is not exactly the end of the world.

Intervention continues to be a prominent dimension of the post-cold war world.

Nations, not least America, retain full command of their national forces.

Well, the U.N. Security Council resolution 1973 is very clear. It says all necessary measures to be taken to protect civilians and civilian areas. I mean, that to me is very clear.

I understand all the problems for the Ministry of Defence, of course I do; working within a budget and trying to do so many things is not easy.

You know, never say never.

Technology's become the great prism for what's going on in the world.

If you move between battalions, you are still within the same tribe.

It is absolutely bedrock to the British Army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command.

The system is broken, and we can fix it. It's not hard. We just have to do the work.

Not much over £1,000 a month for the private soldier on operations is hardly an impressive figure.

Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not?

The Russians are a very sentimental people.

A lot of networks don't want to touch controversial subjects, and especially stuff that deals with race and history.

Everything starts and finishes with the soldier.