#ira

What is wrong with the Iranians in addition to the nuclear bomb? This is the only country on Earth in the 21st century that has renewed imperialistic ambitions. They really want to become the hegemon of the Middle East in an age that gave up imperialism. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#addition #age #become #bomb #century

And in Iraq we tried to implement the same policy that was so successful in Saudi Arabia, but Saddam Hussein didn't buy. When the economic hit men fail in this scenario, the next step is what we call the jackals. ↗

— John Perkins

#buy #call #economic #fail #hit

There is no doubt that, with the exception of a very small number of people close to a vicious regime, the people of Iraq have been liberated and they understand that they've been liberated. ↗

— Richard Perle

#close #doubt #exception #iraq #liberated

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#find #inspiration #us #working

Don't believe in miracles - depend on them. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#depend #miracles #them

In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks. ↗

— Ralph Peters

#gulf #gulf war #iraqi #killing #marine

President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that was plunged into 30 years of war, into an advanced, industrialized, Western-style democracy. What we want to achieve is Afghanistan's capacity to secure and govern itself. ↗

— David Petraeus

#advanced #afghanistan #aspirations #capacity #countries

The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council. ↗

— David Petraeus

#could #council #difficult #during #elected

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. ↗

— David Petraeus

#art #best #bosnia #coalition #command

A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#encouraging #forgets #given #never #private