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There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don't think you do. It's just business.

James Mattis

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Since 9/11 we've been engaged in wars around the world, and General [James] Mattis has been a leading battlefield commander in many of those theaters, including in the April 2004 siege of Fallujah, where the US Marines killed so many people that the municipal soccer stadium in the city had to be turned into a graveyard for the dead.
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The American people and the American military will never get used to civilian casualties. And we will - we will fight against that every way we can possibly bring our intelligence and our tactics to bear. We're not the perfect guys, but we are the good guys.
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I would consider the principal threats to start with Russia, and it would certainly include any nations that are looking to intimidate nations around their periphery, regional nations nearby them, whether it be with weapons of mass destruction or, I would call it, unusual, unorthodox means of intimidating them, that sort of thing.
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PowerPoint makes us stupid.
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I think the core problem is much closer to recognizing where force is of value, where it is useful, and to distinguish that from situations in which war is not useful or is indeed counterproductive.
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I just hope we can find our way back to engaging with one another, arguing strongly with one another, and then going down and having a root beer together or something and - and having a good laugh about it as we work together for the best interests of the next generation of Americans who are going to inherit this country.
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Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.
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Be the hunter, not the hunted: Never allow your unit to be caught with its guard down.
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You've been told that you're broken. That you're damaged goods ... there is also Post-Traumatic Growth. You come back from war stronger and more sure of who you are.
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Treachery has existed as long as there's been warfare, and there's always been a few people that you couldn't trust.
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Nothing keeps me awake at night. I keep other people awake at night.
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I was struck by the fact that none of the senators, basically, asked General [James] Mattis, Well, General, how is it that we haven't won? We haven't won anywhere, 'winning' in the sense of conclusively achieving our political objectives, however you might want to define those objectives.
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If in order to kill the enemy you have to kill an innocent, don't take the shot. Don't create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act.
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We do not draw red lines unless we intend to carry them out. We have made very clear that we are willing to work with China, and we believe China has tried to be helpful.
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We can kill lots of people. We do kill lots of people. We can destroy virtually anything we choose to destroy.
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Actually, it's a lot of fun to fight. You know, it's a hell of a hoot.
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In a country with millions of people & cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there once in a while.
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Fight with a happy heart and strong spirit.
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I don't see lethality as the problem. I mean, the lethality of US forces is quite remarkable.
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I think, broadly speaking, the US military's role - US military activism in various parts of the Islamic world over the past several decades has been counterproductive.
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