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Jack Keane

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John M. Keane is an American political commentator and retired general who served as the 29th vice chief of staff of the United States Army from 1999 to 2003. He was also the acting chief of staff of the Army in 2003.

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Notable works: From Fear to Serenity

About Jack Keane

John M. "Jack" Keane is an American political commentator and retired general who served as the 29th vice chief of staff of the United States Army from 1999 to 2003. He was also the acting chief of staff of the Army in 2003. He is a national security analyst, primarily on Fox News, chairman of the Institute for the Study of War, and chairman of AM General.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jack Keane

I'm a New York kid, so when I saw that plane that hit the first building, I suspected it was terrorism -…

Blue sky

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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.

Fooled

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Russia, their number one client in the Middle East is Syria; that is their foothold in the Middle East. They want to…

Influence

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This radical Islam is a religious-based ideology. And you actually have to, when you deal with the ideology, you have to attack…

Attack

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Air power will not defeat ISIS. It has not been able to deny ISIS freedom of maneuver and the ability to attack…

Ability

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ISIS is on the offense, with the ability to attack at will, anyplace, anytime.

Ability

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Fighting forces, particularly ground forces, have to operate on the basis of unit cohesion.

Cohesion

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Al Qaeda has overplayed their hand. What the al Qaeda do when they go into a town or village or a neighborhood…

City

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To get an Army that's already fighting a war to change in stride to a total different military strategy on the ground…

Army

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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…

Going

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We have a sufficient political class, and the military doesn't have to get involved in high national office. The days of doing…

Civil war

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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to…

American

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Qatar has funded and helped arm ISIS. They also, as we all know, fund Hamas. That's got to stop. And we've got…

Country

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Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they're trying to take it…

Eyes

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In Washington, D.C., in 2006, Democrats had long since given up on the war in Iraq in terms of any tangible political…

Democracy

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The thing I have in common with Donald Trump is, about a dozen years ago, we got a 'Man of the Year'…

Award

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Historically, aggression unanswered has led to more aggression.

Aggression

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In the early 2009, a campaign plan developed by Petraeus and General McChrystal to defeat the Taliban, they required a minimum force…

Defeat

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Cyberespionage and cyberattack is exploding from our adversaries inside our country. We don't seem capable of stopping it.

Capable

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The fact to the matter is, we never developed a comprehensive strategy to deal with radical Islam. And the 9/11 commission said…

Alliance

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Putin has put Russia on a path to be a world power with global influence.

Global

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My involvement with Guantanamo began as vice chief of staff.

Began

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The thing I have in common with Donald Trump is about a dozen years ago, we got a "Man of the Year"…

Being honest

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We should be robustly assisting the Free Syrian Army with equipment and also with training.

Army

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Yes, we need a force to continue to train, assist, advise the Iraqi army.

Army

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