David Petraeus Quotes About Country

Quotes about: Country

• President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that was plunged into 30 years of war, into an advanced, industrialized, Western-style democracy. What we want to achieve is Afghanistan's capacity to secure and govern itself.

  David Petraeus

  Country, War, Years

• I think Putin wants to recreate as much of the Soviet Union as he can through a variety of different means. He's invaded parts of Georgia, took Crimea, southeastern Ukraine, bases in other countries.

  David Petraeus

  Country, Mean, Thinking

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• If you don't want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegrate those who are willing to be reconciled and become part of the solution instead of a continued part of the problem. And then, above all, the resources.

  David Petraeus

  Country, Guy, Want

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 15, 2010.

• When you enlisted into the armed forces you swore to support and defend a Constitution that did not yet fully apply to you. You chose to endure the same sacrifices as your fellow comrades in arms to preserve the freedom of a land that was not yet fully yours. You accepted that you might have to pay the ultimate price on behalf of a nation to which you did not fully belong. Now, you will officially become citizens of the United States, a country to which each of you has already borne true faith and allegiance in your hearts and your deeds.

  David Petraeus

  Country, Heart, Sacrifice

• In Afghanistan you are not rebuilding, you are building. There is very limited infrastructure and extreme terrain, with deserts in the south and mountains so high in some areas that helicopters don't even fly well at a certain altitude because the air becomes so thin. The country has a serious problem of illiteracy, especially after so many years of war and Taliban rule.

  David Petraeus

  Country, War, Years

• Pakistan are very keen to carry out the operations themselves. And there's significant effort on the part of the US and other countries to provide assistance that can enable Pakistan to do just that.

  David Petraeus

  Country, Effort, Pakistan

• US forces have been increased [in Afghanistan ] from some 21,000 to about 31,000 over the past two years and a number of coalition countries have also increased their forces, there still are not sufficient troops.

  David Petraeus

  Country, Past, Two

• If you look at casualties, you find countries that had much higher loss rates per capita than the US. Denmark comes to mind, the United Kingdom, they have suffered heavy losses at various points, the Germans as well.

  David Petraeus

  Country, Loss, Mind

• Let's remember that the reason we are there is that we have vital interests in Afghanistan, hugely important national interests, as do the other countries involved.

  David Petraeus

  Country, Important, Remember

• Syria has allowed its soil to be transited by foreign fighters who have come from a variety of source countries in the Gulf area and in the - in North African countries.There are some signs that that may have been reduced somewhat in the last couple of months. We need to watch that a bit and see if that is the case.

  David Petraeus

  Country, Couple, May

  "Ranking House Committee Members Grill Crocker and Petraeus on U.S. Progress in Iraq". David Petraeus' remarks during a joint hearing of the House Armed Services Committee and the House Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., media.washingtonpost.com. September 10, 2007.

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