Discussion on National Defense and Sacrifice

There was a time that our nation

didn't want to think of a time when it would need its

soldiers to fight in a war.

Indeed, very soon,

the political leaders of this country

will start to have a frank

conversation

with the citizens of this country

about just what is going on

and where the risk lies.

They're going to try and explain to our citizens

that our citizens have got to consent to

sacrifices

to prioritise defence and security.

And then they're going to ask those citizens,

for whom we are not necessarily at the front of their

mind, that they too need to play a

part in the defence and security of this country.

So they need to understand what we do for them.

They need to consent to allow us to do that, which means

sacrifices by them.

And ultimately, we're going to need them to back us,

to back you, to do the one thing

that you do that nobody else gets to do, and that is to

take the fight to the enemy.