If it had been our intention to take Iraq, if it had been our intention to destroy the country, if it had been our intention to overrun the country, we could have done it unopposed.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPFWell, unfortunately, I have always regretted the fact that I have a temper, but I also have, you know, have great love and respect for all of the people that have worked for me. I think like everything else, this is one of those things that has been blown out of proportion.
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With a chemical alarm, you’re going to build one that is oversensitive because you would rather the alarm go off and give you a false alarm than to err on the other side
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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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It is God’s job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.
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I believe that forgiving them is god’s function, our job is to arrange the meeting.
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It’s the sense of duty that keeps you going sometimes when things get very, very rough. Somebody’s got to do it. And if you don’t, who will?
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How do you fight someone who doesn’t care if they get killed? You accommodate them.
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Good generalship is a realization that you’ve got to try and figure out how to accomplish your mission with a minimum loss of human life.
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I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.
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Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
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I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
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I’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
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As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he’s a great military man, I want you to know that.
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Choose to win, Get mad, then get over it.
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