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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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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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You can overcome wrong technology. Your people have the initiative, they see the problem, no big deal ... you can't overcome bad culture. You've gotta change whoever is in charge.
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What would you do differently as defense secretary to compensate for this record in which the greatest military in the world, as we are constantly told, doesn't get the job done?
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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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Nothing keeps me awake at night. I keep other people awake at night.
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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.
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It is mostly a matter of wills. Whose will is going to break first? Ours or the enemy's?
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