925 ordspråk av Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld
In unanimity there may well be either cowardice or uncritical thinking.
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Include others. As Senator Pat Moynihan said, "Stubborn opposition to proposals often has no other basis than the complaining question, 'Why wasn't I consulted?'"
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increase the number of special operations forces available for missions worldwide, while expanding their capabilities in some key areas.
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Insofar as I am aware, we have gotten everything from Saudi Arabia that we have asked them to do. I have been in touch with the Saudi leadership, and there is no question they are our friends.
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Inspectors do not have the duty or the ability to uncover terrible weapons hidden in a vast country. The responsibility of inspectors is simply to confirm evidence of voluntary and total disarmament. Saddam Hussein has the responsibility to provide that evidence, as directed, and in full
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Instead of an attack with 3,000 people killed, imagine an attack with a biological weapon that kills 30,000 or 300,000 innocent people.
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insurgency could go on for any number of years. Insurgencies tend to go on five, six, eight, 10, 12 years.
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Iran is one of the countries that is -- in our view -- assessed as developing a nuclear capability, and that's unfortunate,
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Iraq is a quagmire and we are never getting out!
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Iraq was a violent place before its liberation, and there will undoubtedly be some violence in Iraq after the coalition forces depart. But success in this effort cannot be defined by domestic tranquillity,
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is committed to helping you as you take control of your country and make the transition from tyranny to freedom and self-government.
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is everyone's last choice.
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is having an effect in the region.
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Is Iraq cooperating or not? That is the critical, pivotal, central question in the whole thing.
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is not coming back.
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