I consider ISIS nothing more than an excuse for Iran to continue its mischief.
The economy's always been the engine for our national security.
Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face nothing new under the sun.
I have never thought it necessary to patronize the American people.
PowerPoint makes us stupid.
I don't think the U.S. military is conservative. It's pragmatic.
Putin goes to bed at night knowing he can break all the rules, and the West will follow all the rules.
I don't have the best track record with quotes.
You stay teachable most by reading books. By reading what other people went through.
I can't tell you the number of times I looked down at what was going on on the ground, or I was engaged in a fight somewhere, and I knew within a couple of minutes how I was going to screw up the enemy. And I knew it because I'd done so much reading.
Iran is not an enemy of ISIS; they have a lot to gain from the turmoil that ISIS creates.
As commanders and staff officers, we are coaches and sentries for our units: how can we coach anything if we don't know a hell of a lot more than just the TTPs?
For the mission's sake, for our country's sake, and the sake of the men who carried the Division's colors in past battles - carry out your mission and keep your honor clean.
