John Abizaid

And so I think that if the person has the funds, the network, and the equipment to do this, and also the experience, which is the key factor, then they can be quite deadly. ↗

— John Abizaid

#deadly #equipment #experience #factor #funds

Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable. ↗

— John Abizaid

#confident #good #leaders #morale #troops

As far as Zarqawi is concerned, there is a network of extremists; it's not just Zarqawi. ↗

— John Abizaid

#concerned #extremists #far #just #network

But all that having been said, you can't, in a city of a million people like Karbala, or 5 million like Baghdad, you can't be in all places at all times. ↗

— John Abizaid

#been #city #having #like #million

But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous accomplishment, but it's not enough. ↗

— John Abizaid

#clearly #duty #enormous #enough #fact

But I am satisfied that the information that we have that this is the work of Zarqawi, is accurate. ↗

— John Abizaid

#am #i #i am #information #satisfied

But my Arabic is pretty good. It's good enough to have conversations with people, to understand what they say, to understand what they're feeling. ↗

— John Abizaid

#conversations #enough #feeling #good #people

But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi security capacity. ↗

— John Abizaid

#capacity #cooperation #focus #forces #iraqi

But the truth of the matter is that there is there is an opportunity for them to participate in the economic and political future of the country and certainly in the security life of the country. ↗

— John Abizaid

#country #economic #future #life #matter

Our forces will not be on the sidelines. ↗

— John Abizaid

#our #sidelines #will