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"Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy."
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"You need to break a problem into pieces and do what is scheduled for each time slot."

"A hunter who is going to shoot an antelope does not waste his bullets on the dog."

"It is necessary to find ways of solving problem at the expense of available resources."

"You see a wile, you thwart. Am I right?"

"Avoiding setting too strong rules is the best way not to have problems with your own rules."
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"Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops."

"That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff!"

"We citizens don't need to know every detail of every military operation in this new kind of war. Nor should the media tell us and hence our enemy."

"It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door."

"In order to drill into young men the need to stay alert and stay alive, I used to punish offenders with my fists, boots and rifle butt, and with stockade time."

"Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there."

"Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die."

"If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed."
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