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In other words, for every 10 enemy you kill you bring on 20 new recruits to their anti-coalition cause then essentially you are working against yourself. ↗

— John Abizaid

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It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as the... as the most important authority in the region, and that currently is the United States of America. ↗

— John Abizaid

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So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence. ↗

— John Abizaid

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Undoubtedly, there are members of the former regime that are cooperating in some fashion and then there are extremists that are within Iraq that are cooperating with them. ↗

— John Abizaid

#extremists #fashion #former #iraq #members

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

#empower #everything #forces #include #iraqi

We've got to ensure that the quality and the capability of these forces will be good enough to withstand the challenges that the insurgents and the terrorists will present to the new Iraqi government. ↗

— John Abizaid

#challenges #enough #ensure #forces #good

Well, the reports are correct that we're conducting very robust military operations on the Afghan side of the border in areas where we think al-Qaida is operating and Taliban remnants are. ↗

— John Abizaid

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But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages. ↗

— Edmond About

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All the stuff that you visualized that was going to work so beautifully, you discover is trashed, so you jump to something else. ↗

— F. Murray Abraham

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I just throw it out and see what happens. If it sounds and feels right, then I continue. ↗

— F. Murray Abraham

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