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David Petraeus
David Petraeus
American Soldier
Born: Nov 7, 1952
Before Government People Will World You
Related authors: Chesty Puller Douglas MacArthur George S. Patton John Paul Jones Norman Schwarzkopf Robert E. Lee William H. McRaven William Tecumseh Sherman
Being in combat is not unending high-five moments. David Petraeus
Combat Unending Being Moments
Obviously, resilience matters. I was no stranger to adversity, but it's different when it's personal. Not something I would recommend. David Petraeus
Adversity Matters Recommend Would Something Obviously Personal Different Stranger Resilience
I am not going to second-guess my old battlefield comrades from Iraq and Afghanistan; each has his own reason for what he has done. David Petraeus
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I don't comment directly on actions or statements of candidates. David Petraeus
Statements Directly Comment Candidates Actions
If you're asked, you've got to serve - put aside any reservations based on campaign rhetoric... and figure out what's best for the country. David Petraeus
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I really started to get a sense of how, if you will, special Zarqawi was, I guess, sort of midway through 2004. David Petraeus
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I don't vote. David Petraeus
Vote
The Orlando terrorist is an example of someone who was in the sights of law enforcement but never crossed the threshold from pre-criminal to criminal behavior and, thus, was not tracked adequately before this horrific act. David Petraeus
Law Behavior Threshold Example Before Criminal Adequately Sights Law Enforcement Someone Horrific Crossed Never Thus Terrorist Enforcement Act Who Orlando
We will win again in Iraq; I do think that Iraq can definitely be handled. I think that it can be kept intact. David Petraeus
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I think it's reality that Iran is going to have influence in Iraq. All elements of Iraq accepted that. David Petraeus
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The Afghan people do not take kindly to conquerors. David Petraeus
People Kindly Take Afghan Afghan People Conquerors
We cannot kill or capture our way out of an industrial-strength insurgency. David Petraeus
Our Way We Cannot Out Insurgency Cannot Capture
Needless to say, innumerable challenges exist in all areas of governance, and much more needs to be done to help the Afghan government assume full responsibility for addressing the concerns of ordinary Afghan citizens. David Petraeus
Government Needs Challenges Responsibility Assume Needless Addressing Say Citizens More Area Concerns Governance Exist Afghan Done Ordinary Much Full Help
We're here so that Afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when al-Qaeda planned the 9/11 attacks in the Kandahar area, conducted the initial training for the attackers in training camps in Afghanistan before they moved on to Germany and then to U.S. flight schools. David Petraeus
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Leading the coalition military effort during the surge in Iraq in 2007 and 2008 was the most important endeavor - and greatest challenge - of my 37 years in uniform. David Petraeus
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When Western politicians propose blanket discrimination against Islam, they bolster the terrorists' propaganda. David Petraeus
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The Pakistani Army, the Frontier Corps, the Frontier Scouts and Police have carried out quite impressive counter-insurgency operations. David Petraeus
Army Police Corps Carried Out Operations Impressive Scouts Quite Frontier Pakistani
In many... cases, of course, the Arab Spring has brought about instability rather than greater stability. And rather than bringing about government that is more representative and more responsive to the people, you're seeing, frankly, the opposite, or you're seeing all-out war. David Petraeus
War Government You People Spring Arab Frankly Arab Spring Responsive All-Out Seeing Brought About Cases Rather More Instability Course Greater Opposite Than Stability Representative Many Bringing
The Middle East is not part of the world that plays by Las Vegas rules: What happens in the Middle East is not going to stay in the Middle East. David Petraeus
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If you don't want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegrate those who are willing to be reconciled and become part of the solution instead of a continued part of the problem. And then, above all, the resources. David Petraeus
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If you look at casualties, you find countries that had much higher loss rates per capita than the US. Denmark comes to mind, the United Kingdom, they have suffered heavy losses at various points, the Germans as well. David Petraeus
You Mind Find Kingdom Per Rates Various Higher Casualties Points Had Countries Look Well Loss Losses Denmark Germans Than Heavy Us Much United Suffered United Kingdom
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