Every American soldier wants as much public support as he can possibly have. That’s the soldiers on duty in Iraq, and that’s me, as well. We fight better knowing that our people back home support us, back us, and understand what we’re doing. It’s hugely important. John Abizaid Read Quote
But I am satisfied that the information that we have that this is the work of Zarqawi, is accurate. John Abizaid Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
As far as Zarqawi is concerned, there is a network of extremists; it’s not just Zarqawi. John Abizaid Read Quote
Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time. John Abizaid Read Quote
It’s also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as the… as the most important authority in the region, and that currently is the United States of America. John Abizaid Read Quote
