David Petraeus Quotes

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• When you enlisted into the armed forces you swore to support and defend a Constitution that did not yet fully apply to you. You chose…
• This cannot be the United States being the air force for Shia militias, or a Shia on Sunni Arab fight.
• I just don't know whether it was all destroyed years ago - I mean, there's no question that there were chemical weapons years ago -…
• If you don't want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegrate those who are willing to…
• People often ask, why aren't you reading about what it is you're working on right now? And the truth is, you only get three pages…
• I think no commander ever is going to come out and say, 'I'm confident that we can do this.
• The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.
• If you look at casualties, you find countries that had much higher loss rates per capita than the US. Denmark comes to mind, the United…
• I am not a politician, and I will never be, and I say that with absolute conviction.
• The president and I sat down in the Oval Office, and he expressed very clearly that what he wants from me is my best professional…
• After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair.
• Every civilian's death diminishes us, collectively.
• I will not ever run for political office. I can assure you.
• I'm living the dream.
• President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that…
• Reconciliation is what takes place, of course, at higher levels. President Karzai has been very clear about the red lines for reconciliation, accept the constitution,…
• The art of coalition command - whether it is here in Afghanistan, whether it was in Iraq or in Bosnia or in Haiti - is…
• The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what…
• Items of interest will be located, identified, monitored, and remotely controlled through technologies such as radio-frequency identification, sensor networks, tiny embedded servers, and energy harvesters…
• The Germans have done wonderful work. Not long ago, a German battle group battalion conducted a very impressive counterinsurgency operation in a portion of Baghlan…

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