Sementara Inggris mengumumkan pengurangan jumlah tentaranya di Irak dan negara-negara seperti Denmark bersiap keluar dari koalisi, ia mengaitkan kemenangan dalam perang di Irak dan Afghanistan dengan penghambatan gelombang terorisme global.
As Britain announced a decrease in its troop numbers in Iraq and countries such as Denmark prepare to pull out of the coalition, he linked victory in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with stemming a global tide of terrorism.