“Clearly the Secretary of Defense, my boss, would like nothing better than to get Osama bin Laden and to get... to ensure the complete defeat of al-Qaida, because we know that al-Qaida is planning operations against the United States even as we speak here.” KnowsStatesSpeakUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryDefeatDefensePlanningOperationsBossAlsSecretaryBin LadenOsama Bin Laden Author:John Abizaid
“You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.” KnowsWellsMilitaryTypeOperationsMilitary OperationsCounterinsurgency Author:John Abizaid
“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.” KnowsEnoughForceNationsGoalSecurityMilitaryCapableIraqEfficientSovereigntySecurity Forces Author:John Abizaid
“Capturing any member of any terrorist cell or any insurgent cell that we may happen to come across is always very, very valuable, and the thing that interests me is that in most instances after a time people talk and they tell us what they know.” PeopleKnowsMayHappensInterestMembersValuableTerroristInstanceCellsInsurgent Author:John Abizaid
“Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time.” KnowsWellsProtectHardestThings To DoHardest ThingHardest Thing To Do Author:John Abizaid
