John Abizaid Quotes

You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation. - John Abizaid

Why (anyone) would want to move against us in an overt manner that would cause us to use our air or naval power against them would be beyond me... We can generate more military power per square inch than anybody else on Earth, and everybody knows it... If you ever even contemplate our nuclear capability, it should give everybody the clear understanding that there is no power that can match the United States militarily. - John Abizaid

When we continue to pick at the wound and show the pictures over and over again it just creates the image a false image like this is the sort of stuff that is happening anew, and it's not. - John Abizaid

What I've asked for is essentially to have a strong mobile combat arms capability... That's probably about two brigades worth of combat power, if not more. - John Abizaid

We've spent too much time over the last couple of years talking about the Kurds and the Shiites and the Sunnis. We've got to start talking about Iraqis. - John Abizaid

We've got to get more senior Iraqis involved -- former military types -- involved in the Iraq security forces... In the next couple of days, you'll see a large number of senior officers being appointed to key positions in the Ministry of Defense and the Iraqi joint-staff and in Iraqi field commands. - John Abizaid

We've got to ensure that the quality and the capability of these forces will be good enough to withstand the challenges that the insurgents and the terrorists will present to the new Iraqi government. - John Abizaid

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

Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time. - John Abizaid

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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