Well, if the NATO countries don't make more of their troops usable and don't get the equipment to get them fast where the action is, then the organisation will suffer and will increasingly become irrelevant.

And, perhaps most importantly, regional conflicts will again and again confront us with a cruel choice between costly engagement and costly indifference.

An attack on one is an attack on all.

Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable.

Devolution will kill Nationalism stone dead.

The whole international community will be united in condemning what they have done.

You've got to be able to act when it's necessary to act. And you've got to be able to act where the threat is.