American - Soldier | April 1, 1951 -
It's clear to me now that we've got to reach out to the Arab Sunni community in particular in an effort to cause some moderate political activity to take place so they join the future of Iraq.
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.
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I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that will result in violence everywhere in the country - but it's controllable, it's workable and it will lead to a much better future for these people.
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You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.
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In other words, for every 10 enemy you kill you bring on 20 new recruits to their anti-coalition cause then essentially you are working against yourself.
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I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes.
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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.
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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.
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Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them.
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The power to prevent violence is a power that no police force seems to have anywhere in the United States.
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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.
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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.
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