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John Abizaid
John Abizaid
American Soldier
Born: Apr 1, 1951
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Every American soldier wants as much public support as he can possibly have. That's the soldiers on duty in Iraq, and that's me, as well. We fight better knowing that our people back home support us, back us, and understand what we're doing. It's hugely important. John Abizaid
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The power to prevent violence is a power that no police force seems to have anywhere in the United States. John Abizaid
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Undoubtedly, there are members of the former regime that are cooperating in some fashion and then there are extremists that are within Iraq that are cooperating with them. John Abizaid
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And so I think that if the person has the funds, the network, and the equipment to do this, and also the experience, which is the key factor, then they can be quite deadly. John Abizaid
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Capturing any member of any terrorist cell or any insurgent cell that we may happen to come across is always very, very valuable, and the thing that interests me is that in most instances after a time, people talk and they tell us what they know. John Abizaid
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Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time. John Abizaid
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But all that having been said, you can't, in a city of a million people like Karbala, or 5 million like Baghdad, you can't be in all places at all times. John Abizaid
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Oh, the transition concerns me because as we move towards an important political event, it's clear to me that the terrorists and insurgents will move as hard as they can to disrupt this process. John Abizaid
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So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence. John Abizaid
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Our forces will not be on the sidelines. John Abizaid
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We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone. John Abizaid
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Well, the reports are correct that we're conducting very robust military operations on the Afghan side of the border in areas where we think al-Qaida is operating and Taliban remnants are. John Abizaid
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Clearly the Secretary of Defense, my boss, would like nothing better than to get Osama bin Laden and to get... to ensure the complete defeat of al-Qaida, because we know that al-Qaida is planning operations against the United States even as we speak here. John Abizaid
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Being on the run, having to change the way that you do business, being unable to plan in a safe and secure environment, always looking over your shoulder, knowing that some day somebody's going to knock on your door and it's going to be your last. John Abizaid
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But the truth of the matter is that there is there is an opportunity for them to participate in the economic and political future of the country and certainly in the security life of the country. John Abizaid
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You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation. John Abizaid
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Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable. John Abizaid
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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
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You don't build a new power plant in the United States overnight. It takes years to build. John Abizaid
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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
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Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them. John Abizaid
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I don't believe Iran is a suicide state. John Abizaid
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We need to make it very clear to the Iranians, the same way we made it clear to the Soviet Union and China, that their first use of nuclear weapons would result in the devastation of their nation. John Abizaid
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