Stirring is OK. It just depends what happens in the end.
You've got to listen but you've also got to lead.
I still think there is a residual desire amongst the majority of the public to be given a proper solution.
There are unquestionably links between al-Qaida and Iraq.
There are solutions that are proper, but they require the painstaking and difficult work of building alliances and also being prepared to analyze the problem realistically. And exactly the same thing is going on my side of the Atlantic as is going on your side of the Atlantic.
As so often before, on the courage and determination of British men and women, serving our country, the fate of many nations rests.