Mike Jackson famous quotes

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.
-- Mike Jackson

#Morning #Thinking #Reality

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

#Military #Campaigns #Operations

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

#People #Soldier #Mind

The Russians are a very sentimental people.
-- Mike Jackson

#People #Sentimental

Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not?
-- Mike Jackson

#Important #Profession

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

#Soldier #Months #Operations

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

#America #Force #Command

Missing your lunch is not exactly the end of the world.
-- Mike Jackson

#Lunch #Missing #End Of The World

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

#Philosophy #Army #Goes On

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

#War #World #Dimensions

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

#Moving #Tribes #Stills

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.
-- Mike Jackson

#Trying #Ministry #Problem

Everything starts and finishes with the soldier.
-- Mike Jackson

#Soldier

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.
-- Mike Jackson

#Taken #Mean #Resolution