Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they’re trying to take it apart right before our eyes. Jack Keane Read Quote
I have lots of concerns at working with Russia going against ISIS until we have agreements in terms of what Russia’s behavior is going to be. Jack Keane Read Quote
If we have the intent to use the military only when needed, then that also becomes, then, therefore, a credible deterrent. Jack Keane Read Quote
The Pentagon is a series of wedges. So you have – the outer wedge has windows on the outside, and then inside of that, it has windows with an alleyway; then there’s another wedge with windows outside, windows inside. And we call them the E Ring, the D Ring, the C Ring. Jack Keane Read Quote
If you took ISIS’ oil, that would not stop them. It’s not their only source of revenue. It would be a setback, but it would not stop them. Jack Keane Read Quote
Duty’ is a refreshingly honest memoir and a moving one. Mr. Gates scrupulously identifies his flaws and mistakes: He waited too long, for example, for the military bureaucracy to fix critical supply issues like the drones needed in Iraq and took three years to replace a dysfunctional command structure in Afghanistan. Jack Keane Read Quote
Most people who aspire to be president don’t have a foreign policy and national security background. The exception was certainly Hillary Clinton. Jack Keane Read Quote
Russia, their number one client in the Middle East is Syria; that is their foothold in the Middle East. They want to have influence there. Jack Keane Read Quote