George Casey Quotes on Time (5 Quotes)

We say we make progress relentlessly in little steps a day at a time. And we just keep taking little steps. And every once in a while, you get to see what happens when all those little steps yield something.

We fully recognize that Iraqi armed forces will not have an independent capability for some time, because they don't have the institutional base to support them,

Before the Senate panel, the generals warned that defeating the insurgency would take time. Success in Iraq will require patience and will, ... To be sure the next couple of months are going to be tough.

Next year, at this time, I'll be much more concerned about it. Right now, I'm not,

Increased coalition presence feeds the notion of occupation. It contributes to the dependency of Iraqi security forces on the coalition, ... It extends the amount of time that it will take for Iraqi security forces to become self-reliant. And it exposes more coalition forces to attacks.