"None of the widely touted new technologies and……" — James Mattis
"None of the widely touted new technologies and weapons systems 'would have helped me in the last three years in Iraq and Afghanistan. But I could have used cultural training and language training. I could have used more products from American universities who understood the world does not revolve around America and who embrace coalitions and allies for all of the strengths that they bring us."
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41 Quotes by James Mattis
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Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
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You've been told that you're broken, that you're damaged goods and should be labeled victims. I don't buy it. The…
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We have the most skillful, firecest, and certainly the most ethical ground forces in the world... I'm not saying we…
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It's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people.…
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No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but…
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You cannot allow any of your people to avoid the brutal facts. If they start living in a dream world,…
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If in order to kill the enemy you have to kill an innocent, don't take the shot. Don't create more…
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I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.
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You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil.…
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The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some *******s in the…
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We've backed off in good faith to try and give you a chance to straighten this problem out. But I…
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There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don't think you…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide are joining the ranks of…
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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…
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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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