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Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (/ˈʃwɔːrtskɒf/; August 22, 1934 – December 27, 2012) was a United States Army general. While serving as Commander-in-chief, United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War.

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How do you fight someone who doesn't care if they get killed? You accommodate them.

Accommodate, Care, Fight, Fighting

It's the sense of duty that keeps you going sometimes when things get very, very rough. Somebody's got to do it. And if you don't, who will?

Duty, Keeps, Rough, Sometimes, Things

Judge your enemy based upon capabilities, not intent, you have to look at the enemy and really almost make a worst case call every time.

Based, Enemy, Judge, Judging, Looks, Time

Had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like a dinosaur in the tar pit - we would still be there, and we, not the United Nations, would be bearing the costs of that occupation.

Iraq, Nations, Occupation, Taken, United, Would Be

I get angry at a principle, not a person.

Angry, Person, Persons, Principle, Principles

To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.

People, Giving, Leader, Tasks, Working

Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can't have both, opt for character.

Character, Consists, Ifs, Leadership, Opt, Strategy

I have seen competent leaders who stood in front of a platoon and all they saw was a platoon. But great leaders stand in front of a platoon and see it as 44 individuals, each of whom has aspirations, each of who wants to live, each of whom wants to do good.

Individuals, Leadership, Live, Saws, See, Want

A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.

Father, Fathers, Inspiring, Killing, Left, Mothers Day

If Saddam were to be replaced tomorrow he would probably be replaced with someone who's just as bad or worse than he is.

Ifs, Probably, Replaced, Saddam, Tomorrow

First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it.

Mean, Says, Though, War, Winning

Particularly when you're dealing with very high ranking people, you know, you have to get their attention, they are used to, by their rank, of having their own way and doing their own thing and when it's necessary to all work together on something, sometimes you have to hit the mule between the eyes of the two by four to get its attention.

Attention, Eye, Eyes, People, Two

More than 200 ships from 13 nations conducted over 10,000 flawless intercepts, which formed a steel wall around the waters leading to Iraq. And these operations continue today. Thanks to these superb efferts not one cargo hold, not one crate, not even one pallet of seaborne contraband even touched Saddam Hussein's shores. The result: Iraq lost 90% of its imports, 100% of its exports, and had its gross national product cut in half.

Cutting, Intercepts, Leading, Nations, Wall, War

If it had been our intention to take Iraq, if it had been our intention to destroy the country, if it had been our intention to overrun the country, we could have done it unopposed.

Country, Done, Iraq, Unopposed

I am quite confident that in the foreseeable future armed conflict will not take the form of huge land armies facing each other across extended battle lines, as they did in World War I and World War II or, for that matter, as they would have if NATO had faced the Warsaw Pact on the field of battle.

Armies, Army, Military, Pact, War

In a recent interview, General Norman Schwartzkof was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward the people who have harboured and abetted the terrorists who perpetrated the 9
11 attacks on America. His answer. . . "I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting.

Arrange, Forgiveness, God, Job, Jobs, Terrorists

Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.

Secret, Success, Sweat, Sweet

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.

Courage, Inspiring, Men, Order, Take, Veterans Day

Fear will keep you alive in a war. Fear will keep you alive in business. There's nothing wrong with fear.

Alive, Fear, Nothing, War, Wrong

Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.

Fighting, Soldier, Things, Veterans Day

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