John Abizaid Quotes

If a legitimate government emerges that is broadly seen as being representative of Sunni, Shia and Kurdish interests, I think there is no reason to suppose that we can't bring force levels down in the spring.

- John Abizaid

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The important thing is whether or not the overall
movement towards stability and security is falling more
and more in the hands of the Iraqis. - John Abizaid

Is to build an Iraqi security capacity, all the way from the police level up to the national army level, that is militarily effective and loyal to the established civil government. - John Abizaid

The implications of allowing the region to become dominated by the ideology of al-Qaeda are the same as the implication in the years previous to World War II of allowing fascism to become the ideology of Germany... It will lead to a big war that none of us can stand. - John Abizaid