John Stufflebeem Quotes (18 Quotes)

We would hope to have a capability to get access to Afghanistan from the north and the south.

We know for a fact that these were legitimate military targets in that area that were struck,

We are responsive to the opposition groups whom we are supporting in that effort right now, ... I think it would be fair to say that if the opposition groups were to ask us not to bomb a specific facility or location so they can continue their discussions, we'll certainly honor that.

The Pakistan army is out there in the hills. They're taking measure of where the need is,

and they'll be able to confirm what it is we're seeing and hearing.

It is certain we will defeat the Taliban, and we will do it with the Northern Alliance and other opposition forces, ... It isn't a matter of if, it is a matter of when.

We're going to stop chasing the shadows of where we thought he (bin Laden) was and focus more on the entire picture of the country,

Those who have dispersed, it would appear, are trying to get back together and regroup so that they can ascertain, do they have leadership, do they have mission, can they do operations

What Bill tends to do is he builds sort of a theme that he wants to use for the season, and he brings in people to help him establish the message.

This was an agency mission, ... This was a case where Central Command was not actively participating or coordinated with this particular strike.

The only thing I want more of is time. The onset of the severe Himalayan winter will be upon us in a month or so,

Navy football did a lot of things for me and to me. One, it was an outlet for the pressures of being at a service academy. By being an outlet, it gave me a lot of focus. It was a demand on my time, so I had to be careful how to prioritize.

This mission was called in due to the fighting that was occurring between the opposition groups and those Taliban forces that were dug in,

There are no initial indications that these were innocent locals, and I base that on the facts that this team, in addition to just looking at the site where the strike occurred, also did some exploration in the surrounding area to include some caves, a nearby village, and talked to locals,

Airfields closer to Afghanistan would give us an advantage in trying to generate sorties, ... until they've reported out, I just don't know what the condition of those airfields are.

That's what the enemy here is -- time.

We will utilize all of our forces and all of the types of warfare that we have to bring to bear, with the exception of weapons of mass destruction.

I think that our forces who are there are still operating under an assumption that it's a hostile environment. And I think that the opposition groups are probably operating in the same way.