George Robertson Alliance Quotations

I have absolutely no doubt that the alliance will, as it has promised, stand by its ally Turkey, which happens to be a neighbor of Iraq, ... There is no dispute about that at all.

We are focusing entirely on the defense of Turkey in the circumstances where that ally believes it is under threat and NATO as a collective security alliance with obligations that go along with that. (But) we're not part of any decision-making process that is tied to the United Nations.

Today we've sent AWACS aircraft and patriot missiles and chem-bio defensive equipment to Turkey, another ally in trouble, under threat, asking for help, ... That's what the alliance of free nations is all about.

The U.S. is still developing its thinking, ... They will come back to the alliance in due course when their plans are crystallized.