Peter Pace Quotes (29 Quotes)

There's no doubt in my mind, in talking to him, that if he could pick his words more carefully, he would,

We're going to do exactly what we said we're going to do, which is make the assessments of situations on the ground.

We are on the ground with them. We are providing airstrikes against targets that our U.S. service members on the ground with the opposition forces are able to identify as proper targets, and we are striking those,

We made a very thorough analysis of that recommendation, and when we got done all the chiefs agreed with the commanders in the field that the numbers of the troops in the field then, as now, are appropriate to what we were fighting.

But the intelligence that we gathered at the time indicated to us that this was in fact leadership, and we struck the leadership, as we will do next time we get that kind of intelligence,

There's also no doubt in my mind that he does not see this battle as a battle between religions.

Marines are very good at fighting... And if Gen. Franks wants fighters on the ground and he puts Marines in, he'll have what he wants.

Those targets were attacked by AC-130 gunships and by fighter aircraft from the carriers. And the compound from which they left, the command and control compound from which they left, was also struck,

If they are physically present when inhumane treatment is taking place, sir, they have an obligation to try to stop it,

only a small number of Iraqi security forces are taking on the insurgents and terrorists by themselves.

The bottom line is that after we defeat the armed forces of Iraq, that we will want to and need to provide stability throughout that country.

From 8,000 miles away... I would not judge a fellow soldier from a friendly nation and how they are employing their resources.

Between the increase in armor and the changes in tactics, techniques and procedures that we've employed, the number of attacks IED attacks that have killed or wounded troops has gone down.

I have to use the word 'insurgent' because I can't think of a better word right now.

Tell it like it is.

I do not think a civil war will erupt in Iraq. What is important here are the decisions of the Iraqi people.

We prefer that the leaders of the Iraqi armed forces do the honorable thing; stop fighting for a regime that does not deserve your loyalty.

There has not yet been a major ground offensive battle... There are, we know, negotiations going on between the opposition forces and the Taliban leadership for surrender.

The last three times that that general has been in combat, when he was leading Marines in Afghanistan and the two times that he led his division in Iraq, his actions and those of his troops clearly show that he understands the value of proper leadership and the value of human life.

Surrender your forces and give yourselves and your troops the opportunity to be a part of Iraq's future and not a part of Iraq's past.

Before we come to the Congress of the United States and ask you to spend more money on more people, we need to make sure we are properly using the assets we have,

You judge military threat in two ways. There're lots of countries in the world that have the capacity to wage war. Very few have the intent to do so. And clearly, we have a complex but good relationship with China. So there's absolutely no reason for us to believe there's any intent on their part.

We do not have a plan that specifically says we will be down below 100,000 by the end of 2006. What we have is a plan that allows us to keep what we have today for the foreseeable future and then off-ramps and on-ramps based on conditions on the ground.

We're going to position ourselves militarily to be able to take the appropriate, decisive military action if that's called for, but at the same time trying to create the atmosphere with military forces that will get the people to talk to each other and find a peaceful solution,

We have been able to concentrate a great deal more of our aviation in support of the opposition forces,

I was in every meeting with the joint chiefs. I was in every meeting with the combatant commanders. I went to the White House multiple times to meet with the National Security Council and with the president of the United States. I have never seen that colonel,

Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership.

To each of the families who have lost a loved one, I don't know how you find the right words to tell them how much we appreciate and respect the sacrifice that they have made, Generations of Americans have made those sacrifices that we could live in freedom, as we do today,

The secretary recoiled in mock horror. Sorry, sir, ... I'm not trainable today.