Abandoned Quote by Janis Karpinski

At that time, about July 5, we had no Iraqi corrections officers working for us. It was a responsibility of the CPA, with contractors,…

— Janis Karpinski

Without the Guard and Reserve, our active duty troops could hardly deploy.

— John Spratt

“Never forgetting the involvement of military officers in the 1953 attempt to force him from his throne, the Shah took great pains to keep…

— Efraim Karsh

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

— Jack Keane

With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew…

— John Spratt

Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go…

— R. Lee Ermey

“By the end of 2004, U.S. operations in Iraq had been rough enough to antagonize the Sunni population without imposing the draconian methods armies…

— Bing West

The training and equipping of Iraqi security forces should be accelerated.

— Peter DeFazio

It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place.

— William Odom

The job of training an Iraqi police force is one of the most important tasks being undertaken in Operation Iraqi Freedom. It is also…

— John Boehner

I was surprised how open and unguarded the military was. I expected more scrutiny, more supervision from command.

— Sebastian Junger

“we had pulled a bait and switch on the National Guard and Reserves—most men and women had joined the Guard in particular expecting to…

— Robert M. Gates