“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
“But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi security capacity.” ForceFocusSecurityMilitaryBuildingKeysCapacityOperationsCooperationInsurgencySecurity Forces Author:John Abizaid
