John Abizaid Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
John Abizaid quotes and sayings page 2 (73 year old soldier). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 36 we have for her.
“Everybody needs to understand that I learned Arabic from the United States Army as a second language. I never spoke it at home.”
“I don't believe Iran is a suicide state.”
“Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time.”
“You don't build a new power plant in the United States overnight. It takes years to build.”
“You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.”
“But my Arabic is pretty good. It's good enough to have conversations with people, to understand what they say, to understand what they're feeling.”
“Being on the run, having to change the way that you do business, being unable to plan in a safe and secure environment, always looking over your shoulder, knowing that some day somebody's going to knock on your door and it's going to be your last.”
“I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that will result in violence everywhere in the country - but it's controllable, it's workable and it will lead to a much better future for these people.”
“Well, the reports are correct that we're conducting very robust military operations on the Afghan side of the border in areas where we think al-Qaida is operating and Taliban remnants are.”
“Our forces will not be on the sidelines.”
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