In the early 2009, a campaign plan developed by Petraeus and General McChrystal to defeat the Taliban, they required a minimum force… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
In 2011, General Alston, four-star commander in Iraq, recommended to the President, a force level of over 20,000. The President rejected it… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
I'm a New York kid, so when I saw that plane that hit the first building, I suspected it was terrorism - blue sky… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often. — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
Russia, their number one client in the Middle East is Syria; that is their foothold in the Middle East. They want to have influence… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
This radical Islam is a religious-based ideology. And you actually have to, when you deal with the ideology, you have to attack it on… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
Air power will not defeat ISIS. It has not been able to deny ISIS freedom of maneuver and the ability to attack at will. — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
ISIS is on the offense, with the ability to attack at will, anyplace, anytime. — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
Fighting forces, particularly ground forces, have to operate on the basis of unit cohesion. — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
Al Qaeda has overplayed their hand. What the al Qaeda do when they go into a town or village or a neighborhood inside a… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
To get an Army that's already fighting a war to change in stride to a total different military strategy on the ground - and… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
President-elect Trump wants to win them if you're going to be involved in a war. I don't think he wants to be involved in… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
We have a sufficient political class, and the military doesn't have to get involved in high national office. The days of doing that, post-Civil… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors'… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
