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 SCHWARZKOPFIf 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.
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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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You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.
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I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don’t apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.
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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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The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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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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I get angry at a principle, not a person.
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Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.
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True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
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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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It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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Fear will keep you alive in a war. Fear will keep you alive in business. There’s nothing wrong with fear.
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Well, 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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