More than 200 ships from 13 nations conducted over 10,000 flawless intercepts, which formed a steel wall around … - Norman Schwarzkopf

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I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more. I will tell you in my way how the Indian sees things. The white man has more words to tell you how they look to him, but it does not require many words to speak the truth.

Norman Schwarzkopf

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.

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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.

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I admire men of character and I judge character not by how men deal with their superiors, but mostly how they deal with their subordinates. And that, to me, is where you find out what the character of a man is.

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Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

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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.

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

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