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Clearly the Secretary of Defense, my boss, would like nothing better than to get Osama bin Laden and to get... to ensure the complete defeat of al-Qaida, because we know that al-Qaida is planning operations against the United States even as we speak here.

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Being on the run, having to change the way that you do business, being unable to plan in a safe and secure environment, always looking over your shoulder, knowing that some day somebody's going to knock on your door and it's going to be your last.

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It's clear to me now that we've got to reach out to the Arab Sunni community in particular in an effort to cause some moderate political activity to take place so they join the future of Iraq.

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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.

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I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that will result in violence everywhere in the country - but it's controllable, it's workable and it will lead to a much better future for these people.

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You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.

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In other words, for every 10 enemy you kill you bring on 20 new recruits to their anti-coalition cause then essentially you are working against yourself.

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I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes.

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Everybody needs to understand that I learned Arabic from the United States Army as a second language. I never spoke it at home.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Soldier

Born: April 1st, 1951

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