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- Nov 07, 2020
But clearly, this is what this is about. It's about pushing the security bubble out. It's about rooting out every last guy, so that there's not even somebody who can fire a single, solitary RPG round from some little qalat out here.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you don't want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegrate those who are willing to be reconciled and become part of the solution instead of a continued part of the problem. And then, above all, the resources.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're here so that Afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when al-Qaeda planned the 9/11 attacks in the Kandahar area, conducted the initial training for the attackers in training camps in Afghanistan before they moved on to Germany and then to U.S. flight schools.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The art of coalition command - whether it is here in Afghanistan, whether it was in Iraq or in Bosnia or in Haiti - is to take the resources you are provided with, understand what the strengths and weaknesses are and to employ them to the best overall effect.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you look at casualties, you find countries that had much higher loss rates per capita than the US. Denmark comes to mind, the United Kingdom, they have suffered heavy losses at various points, the Germans as well.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think no commander ever is going to come out and say, 'I'm confident that we can do this.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
The president and I sat down in the Oval Office, and he expressed very clearly that what he wants from me is my best professional military advice.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.
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- Nov 07, 2020
People often ask, why aren't you reading about what it is you're working on right now? And the truth is, you only get three pages a night before your eyelids close.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Reconciliation is what takes place, of course, at higher levels. President Karzai has been very clear about the red lines for reconciliation, accept the constitution, lay down their weapons, cut their ties with al Qaeda and essentially become productive or at least participating members of society in that regard.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every civilian's death diminishes us, collectively.
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- Nov 07, 2020
After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Items of interest will be located, identified, monitored, and remotely controlled through technologies such as radio-frequency identification, sensor networks, tiny embedded servers, and energy harvesters - all connected to the next-generation internet using abundant, low-cost, and high-power computing.
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- Nov 07, 2020