Counterinsurgency Quotes

8 quotes by 7 authors

• You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation. — John Abizaid
• ... the United States, for generations, has sustained two parallel but opposed states of mind about military atrocities and human rights: one of U.S. benevolence,… — Robert Parry
• Netanyahu and his coalition have no strategy of their own except endless counterinsurgency against the backdrop of a steadily deteriorating diplomatic positionThe operation in Gaza… — Jonathan Chait
• I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that in… — Michael Mullen
• The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of British Special Forces,… — Michael Hastings
• Faced with the collapse of Iraq into something like Lebanon - or worse, Somalia - the Bush administration opted for a new counterinsurgency strategy. Violence… — Noah Feldman
• 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… — David Petraeus
• Well, the oil, the oil spot, if you will, is a, is a term in counterinsurgency literature that connotes a peaceful area, secure area. So… — David Petraeus

Who Wrote These Counterinsurgency Quotes

7 authors contributed a total of 8 Counterinsurgency Quotes as follows:

• 2 Counterinsurgency Quotes by David Petraeus
• 1 Counterinsurgency Quote by Robert Parry
• 1 Counterinsurgency Quote by Jonathan Chait
• 1 Counterinsurgency Quote by Michael Mullen
• 1 Counterinsurgency Quote by Michael Hastings
• 1 Counterinsurgency Quote by Noah Feldman
• 1 Counterinsurgency Quote by John Abizaid