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You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.
— John Abizaid
True beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame
But borrowed thence to light us thither.
Beauty and beauteous words should go together. — George Herbert
But borrowed thence to light us thither.
Beauty and beauteous words should go together. — George Herbert
Our forces will not be on the sidelines.
— John Abizaid
I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes.
— John Abizaid
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
Before we give you billions more, we want to know what you've done with the trillion you've got.
— Les Aspin
But I am satisfied that the information that we have that this is the work of Zarqawi, is accurate.
— John Abizaid
As far as Zarqawi is concerned, there is a network of extremists; it's not just Zarqawi.
— John Abizaid
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
Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.
— John Abizaid
If you're the best that the Earth has got to offer, it's time we bend over and get a tentacle right up the ass.
— John Scalzi
And over time, I think, as Iraqi security capacity builds, you'll see American and coalition presence there decline.
— John Abizaid
Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them.
— 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.
— John Abizaid
Our memories of our loved ones are the pearl we form around the grain of grief that causes us pain.
— Jeff Zentner
Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time.
— John Abizaid
That is the conviction we must come to in our meditation, that the darkness cannot quench the light.
— John Main
Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible.
— Norman Rockwell
Into this world, this demented inn
in which there is absolutely no room for him at all,
Christ comes uninvited. — Thomas Merton
in which there is absolutely no room for him at all,
Christ comes uninvited. — Thomas Merton
You don't build a new power plant in the United States overnight. It takes years to build.
— John Abizaid
The angels can be thought of as our prayer partners.
— Terry Taylor
The power to prevent violence is a power that no police force seems to have anywhere in the United States.
— John Abizaid
Don't probe darkness to understand light. Don't dwell on sickness to be healthy. Don't indulge in thoughts of lack to have supply.
— Lester Levenson
So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.
— John Abizaid
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
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
I don't believe Iran is a suicide state.
— John Abizaid