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> [The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don't recognise that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ehud-olmert/the-military-operation-in-lebanon-was-the-most-successful-military/)

[Ehud Olmert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ehud-olmert/)

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> [Thus, though I have heard of successful military operations that were clumsy but swift, cleverness has never been seen associated with long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/thus-though-i-have-heard-of-successful-military-operations-that-were/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [“Some of the most highly trained and successful military forces – Nelson’s fleet, Montgomery’s 8th Army, Wingate’s Chindits – were worked up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/some-of-the-most-highly-trained-and-successful-military-forces-nelson/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

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> [Our movement was a great success; I think the most successful military movement of my life. But I expect to receive more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stonewall-jackson/our-movement-was-a-great-success-i-think-the-most-successful-military/)

[Stonewall Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stonewall-jackson/)

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> [Short, successful military adventures are as effective as the Super Bowl in diverting people's attention from unpleasant truths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stockwell/short-successful-military-adventures-are-as-effective-as-the-super/)

[John Stockwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stockwell/)

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> [In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-r-mcmaster/in-the-years-leading-up-to-the-wars-in-afghanistan-and-iraq-thinking/)

[H. R. McMaster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-r-mcmaster/)

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