“Experience is valuable only if it's imbued with meaning from which one can draw salient conclusions. Otherwise, experience becomes imprisoning.” IfsDrawsValuableConclusion Author:Barry McCaffrey
“We say in a democracy that good ideas will drive out bad ones, so if the good ones aren't there, we're left with the bad ones” IfsIdeasLeftDemocracyGood Ideas Author:Barry McCaffrey
“If you want to fight a war on drugs, sit down at your own kitchen table and talk to your own children.” IfsWantChildrenWarFightingDrugTablesKitchenWar On DrugsKitchen Table Author:Barry McCaffrey
“At the end of the day...if your army won't fight, it's because they don't trust their incompetent, corrupt generals, they don't trust each other. This is an enduring civil war between the Shia, the Sunni, and the Kurds. So I don't think we've got any options and we'd be ill-advised to start bombing where we really can't sort out the combatants or understand where the civilian population is.” IfsThinkingWarEndsFightingMilitaryArmyEndureIllIraqPopulationCivil WarThe End Of The DayCiviliansBombingDon't TrustIncompetentKurdsShia Author:Barry McCaffrey
