” I think every war certainly wears on national will and national patience, particularly a counterinsurgency. “
” I think with the beginning of any political administration, you have to build trust, and it takes time. “
” I go back and think of President Kennedy, who had a military service background, but he comes into the presidency, and he’s faced with a decision on the Bay of Pigs, with the C.I.A. and the military giving him data, and it turns out very badly. “
” If we are visiting Afghans, typically the Afghan governor, district or provincial governor, we see he doesn’t wear body armor, and yet we’re walking through his streets. I’m his guest. I think that that’s important that I send a message that I trust him and I don’t think I am more valuable than I think he is. “
” I think life is hard at the combat outposts, and anything that distracts us from supporting them, in my mind, is something that we shouldn’t do. “
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