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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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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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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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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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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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Actually, it's a lot of fun to fight. You know, it's a hell of a hoot.
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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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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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Our strategy right now is to accelerate the campaign against ISIS. It is a threat to all civilized nations.
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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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You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.
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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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Be the hunter, not the hunted: Never allow your unit to be caught with its guard down.
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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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Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.
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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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Fight with a happy heart and strong spirit.
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Yousef Aid Ahmed has memorized the places where his four brothers' bodies laid after they were killed by US marines, he said. The family recounts that November day in 2005 and says it was a massacre of the brothers, along with 20 other people, following a roadside bomb in Haditha.
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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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