John Batiste Quotes (4 Quotes)

When decisions are made without taking into account sound military recommendations, sound military decision-making, sound planning, then we're bound to make mistakes. When we violate the principles of war with mass and unity of command and unity of effort, we do that at our own peril.

We need leadership up there that respects the military as they expect the military to respect them.

We went to war with a flawed plan that didn't account for the hard work to build the peace after we took down the regime. We also served under a secretary of defense who didn't understand leadership, who was abusive, who was arrogant, who didn't build a strong team.

He went to war with a flawed plan. He didn't account for the hard work to build the peace after we took down the regime.