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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 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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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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Actually, it's a lot of fun to fight. You know, it's a hell of a hoot.
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2017 is going to be another tough year for the valiant Afghan Security Forces and the international troops who have stood and will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with Afghanistan against terrorism.
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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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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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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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I don't see lethality as the problem. I mean, the lethality of US forces is quite remarkable.
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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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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'm from the American West. We have forest fires out there. And some of the worst forest fires in our history, the most damage were caused when we pulled the fire crews off the line too early. And so we're going to have to continue to keep the pressure on the enemy - ISIS. There's no room for complacency on this.
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The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some *******s in the world that just need to be shot. There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.
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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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Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.
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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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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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It is mostly a matter of wills. Whose will is going to break first? Ours or the enemy's?
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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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Our strategy right now is to accelerate the campaign against ISIS. It is a threat to all civilized nations.
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