Jack Straw Action Quotations

No one is talking about invading Iran or taking military action against Iran.

There is great concern in the European Union about the need for Syria to take much more action to control terrorism in its territory and from its territory,

We need all to remember that the coalition ... decided to take military action to remove the Saddam regime because of our very clear assessment that Saddam Hussein and his regime were in clear material breach of U.N. Security Council resolution 1441 and many preceding that, and that therefore we did have to face the serious consequences which that resolution made clear would follow,

The action taken last night, which resulted in the deaths of children among others in a missile attack in Gaza, is unacceptable and counterproductive.

What we need is action. The problem for the European Union is that we can only go at the pace of the slowest. Therefore, there is a special responsibility on the countries which have failed so far implementing measures to get moving,

We left the door open for further diplomatic action with Iran. And I hope they take this opportunity,

We don't rule out the possibility of military action and neither in our view should anybody else.

I spoke last night with many of my counterparts and without exception there was overwhelming support for this action by the military coalition consisting of the United States and the United Kingdom,

If Saddam Hussein doesn't accept the peaceful path to the disarmament of his weapons of mass destruction set out by the U.N. resolution, then there will have to be military action taken in order to enforce the will of the U.N.,

targeting was very careful and that action was proportionate.

And I think we need therefore to judge the contents of what is in any event an interim report, against the reasons why we took military action back in March.

The truth is, as (U.S. Secretary of State) Condoleezza Rice has made clear, military action in respect of the Iranian dossier is not on anybody's agenda. I believe it is inconceivable,

We look to the Iranian government to sit down with us, hear what we have to say and take action where appropriate.