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"You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation."
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"Just this week, Syria broke off all relations with the United States military and the CIA."
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"Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general."
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"I'm an entertainer in the military-entertainment complex."
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"The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4."
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"My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness."
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"One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all."
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"The French were generous in giving us assistance in corps and army artillery, with its personnel, and we were confident from the start of our superiority over the enemy in guns of all calibers."
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"We have got thousands of nuclear weapons in order to achieve deterrence."
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"It is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them."
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"A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand."
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"But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous accomplishment, but it's not enough."
Accomplishment
"I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes."
Leadership
"Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable."
Leadership
"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."
Change
"In other words, for every 10 enemy you kill you bring on 20 new recruits to their anti-coalition cause then essentially you are working against yourself."
Cause
"It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as the... as the most important authority in the region, and that currently is the United States of America."
People
"So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence."
Environment
"We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone."
Security
"But I am satisfied that the information that we have that this is the work of Zarqawi, is accurate."
Work
"Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security forces are capable and efficient enough to defend the sovereignty of the nation."
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