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John Abizaid quotes: You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.

You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.

John Abizaid quotes: Our forces will not be on the sidelines.

Our forces will not be on the sidelines.

John Abizaid quotes: 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 quotes: I believe we've ... we've worked very hard with the Iraqis to build a better place ever since the fall of Saddam's government.

I believe we've ... we've worked very hard with the Iraqis to build a better place ever since the fall of Saddam's government.

John Abizaid quotes: As far as Zarqawi is concerned, there is a network of extremists; it's not just Zarqawi.

As far as Zarqawi is concerned, there is a network of extremists; it's not just Zarqawi.

John Abizaid quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them.

Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them.

John Abizaid quotes: And over time, I think, as Iraqi security capacity builds, you'll see American and coalition presence there decline.

And over time, I think, as Iraqi security capacity builds, you'll see American and coalition presence there decline.

John Abizaid quotes: Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.

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

John Abizaid quotes: The United States is the most powerful nation on Earth and it just can't walk away from the Middle East and central Asia and the Horn of Africa.

The United States is the most powerful nation on Earth and it just can't walk away from the Middle East and central Asia and the Horn of Africa.

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

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

John Abizaid quotes: But as we move from this period of what many Iraqis regard as perceived occupation, we need to move towards one of partnership.

But as we move from this period of what many Iraqis regard as perceived occupation, we need to move towards one of partnership.

John Abizaid quotes: But my Arabic is pretty good. It's good enough to have conversations with people, to understand what they say, to understand what they're feeling.

But my Arabic is pretty good. It's good enough to have conversations with people, to understand what they say, to understand what they're feeling.

John Abizaid quotes: I don't believe Iran is a suicide state.

I don't believe Iran is a suicide state.