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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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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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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.
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Our strategy right now is to accelerate the campaign against ISIS. It is a threat to all civilized nations.
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I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.
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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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The United States has been essentially engaged in an ongoing war that most people date from 2001. That war has taken us to Afghanistan, to Iraq, in a lesser way to other countries - Libya, Somalia, Yemen.
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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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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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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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A country that armed Stalin to defeat Hitler can certainly work alongside enemies of al-Qaida to defeat al-Qaida.
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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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We do everything humanly possible, consistent with military necessity, taking many chances to avoid civilian casualties, at all costs.
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ISIS is a threat to all civilized nations. America's intention is that the foreign fighters do not survive the fight to return home to North Africa, to Europe, to America, to Asia, to Africa. We're not going to allow them to do so. We're going to stop them there and take apart the caliphate.
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We are going to have to continue to keep the pressure on the enemy. There is no room for complacency on this.
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It's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up front with you, I like brawling.
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You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.
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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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Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they're so sick of the killing that they leave us and our freedoms intact.
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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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Fight with a happy heart and strong spirit.
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