Author: John Abizaid

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I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes.

I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes.

- John Abizaid

Everybody needs to understand that I learned Arabic from the United States Army as a second language. I never spoke it at home.

Everybody needs to understand that I learned Arabic from the United States Army as a second language. I never spoke it at home.

- John Abizaid

We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone.

We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone.

- John Abizaid

Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.

Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.

- John Abizaid

You don't build a new power plant in the United States overnight. It takes years to build.

You don't build a new power plant in the United States overnight. It takes years to build.

- John Abizaid

Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time.

Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time.

- John Abizaid

But I am satisfied that the information that we have that this is the work of Zarqawi, is accurate.

But I am satisfied that the information that we have that this is the work of Zarqawi, is accurate.

- John Abizaid

The power to prevent violence is a power that no police force seems to have anywhere in the United States.

The power to prevent violence is a power that no police force seems to have anywhere in the United States.

- John Abizaid

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