Seeing the Job Through

British Secretary of State for Defense John Reid declared his country and the world's continued support for victory in Iraq, at a Pentagon news briefing:

"Either we will see democracy in Iraq destroyed by the terrorists," he said, "or we will see it built by Iraqis themselves."
Reid said British, American and other coalition troops will be in Iraq as long as it takes to prepare the new Iraqi democracy to stand on its own feet against threats.
"We will see the job through," Reid said. Continued acts of terrorism committed inside Iraq will only strengthen U.S.-British resolve to stay until the insurgents are defeated, he noted.