Desert Storm Quotes

• As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out.

  Allen West

  Thank You, Veterans Day, Memorial Day

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  It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Inspiring, Courage, Veterans Day

  Norman Schwarzkopf (2010). “It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General Norman Schwarzkopf”, p.13, Bantam

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• Make no mistake about it: Operation Desert Storm truly was a victory of good over evil, of freedom over tyranny, of peace over war.

  Dan Quayle

  Peace, War, Mistake

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• For Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 267,300 reserve component service men and women were called to service.

  Ron Wyden

  Men, Storm, Shields

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• The liberation of Kuwait has begun. In conjunction with the forces of our coalition partners, the United States has moved under the code name Operation Desert Storm to enforce the mandates of the United Nations Security Council.

  George H. W. Bush

  Names, Kuwait, Storm

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• The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Life, Truth

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• Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Leadership, Business, Character

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• What is revolutionary today is that we're using precision-guided munitions. And instead of building individual weapons, we are building an industry and a philosophy, the culture of precision. You saw Desert Storm. Precision works.

  George Friedman

  Philosophy, Storm, Culture

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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  You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Positive, Leadership, Business

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• I wanted to serve. It was Desert Storm. I thought, 'I was a rich kid, and America's been good to me.

  Max Brooks

  Kids, America, Storm

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• Desert Storm was a war which involved the massive use of air power and a victory achieved by the U.S. and multinational air force units. It was also the first war in history in which air power was used to defeat ground forces.

  Merrill McPeak

  Military, War, Air

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• Battles that involve oatmeal are just never going to end up being historic, you know?" Jake went on. "Gettysburg? No major oatmeal involvement. The Battle of Midway? Neither side used oatmeal. Desert Storm? No oatmeal.

  Katherine Applegate

  Oatmeal, Storm, Battle

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• In Desert Storm, we had too many troops; in Afghanistan probably not enough for the major commitment we have made.

  Alexander Haig

  Commitment, Storm, Troops

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• Desert Storm II would be in a walk in the park... The case for 'regime change' boils down to the huge benefits and modest costs of liberating Iraq.

  Kenneth Adelman

  Iraq, Storm, Benefits

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• I had top-secret clearance and everything. I was working on a couple of projects that would keep me involved in Desert Storm. I was in the mix, which is scary.

  Wanda Sykes

  Couple, Scary, Secret

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. October 20, 2004.

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