"The art of coalition command - whether it……" — David Petraeus
"The art of coalition command - whether it is here in Afghanistan, whether it was in Iraq or in Bosnia or in Haiti - is to take the resources you are provided with, understand what the strengths and weaknesses are and to employ them to the best overall effect."
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25 Quotes by David Petraeus
David Petraeus has 25 quotes on this site.
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When you enlisted into the armed forces you swore to support and defend a Constitution that did not yet fully…
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This cannot be the United States being the air force for Shia militias, or a Shia on Sunni Arab fight.
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I just don't know whether it was all destroyed years ago - I mean, there's no question that there were…
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If you don't want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegrate…
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People often ask, why aren't you reading about what it is you're working on right now? And the truth is,…
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I think no commander ever is going to come out and say, 'I'm confident that we can do this.
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The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.
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If you look at casualties, you find countries that had much higher loss rates per capita than the US. Denmark…
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I am not a politician, and I will never be, and I say that with absolute conviction.
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The president and I sat down in the Oval Office, and he expressed very clearly that what he wants from…
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After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair.
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Every civilian's death diminishes us, collectively.
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More Afghanistan Quotes
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You go to London, you see a TV set in every cell and the sign up that all the officers…
— Joe Arpaio
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Military hardliners called me a 'security threat' for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in…
— Benazir Bhutto
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Al Qaeda is almost all in Pakistan, and Pakistan has nuclear weapons. And yet for every dollar we're spending in…
— Joe Biden
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I don't want to go and start trying to make jokes in places like India, Tanzania or Iraq. Afghanistan is…
— Bill Bryson
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Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there…
— James Buchan
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
— Barbara Bush
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The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and…
— George W. Bush
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I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I…
— George W. Bush
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The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide are joining the ranks of…
— Steve Buyer
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I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly, we're not…
— David Cameron
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And the fact of the matter is there were thousands of people that went through those training camps in Afghanistan.…
— Dick Cheney
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When an army unit returns from service in Iraq or Afghanistan, it barely gets a breather before it begins training…
— Hillary Clinton
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