As a captain me, Sean and Chris had been on the team since we were freshmen so we knew the role we had to play as leaders on the team. If things were down, we had to pull the rest of the team out of the troubles. Knowing we had been there for four years we were used to the practices, going to the tournament and the difference between playing against rivals. |
For every American soldier we put into Afghanistan, we could train and equip 14 Afghan soldiers. Those Afghan soldiers are going to understand the local terrain. They're going to understand the local customs and culture, and they're going to be able to speak the language. |
I can tell you now that U.S. forces, in all probability, will be engaged somewhere in the world in the next decade where they're not currently engaged. But I can't tell you with any resolution at all of where that might be, when that might be or how that might be, and that's indicative of the uncertainty that we face. |
I was so done with this place. If you want to go out, you're going to the city. |
If you look at this long war we're engaged in, and we think of it relative to the Cold War, we're kind of still in the Truman administration. |
It was the most exciting time I've ever had on this field. |
It's not about numbers. Being able to generate operational effects on the battle space - that's what it's about. |
It's not our forces. It's not the Western world that's going to win the global war on terrorism. It is going to be the moderate Muslim population, the ones who are the principal victims of this terrorism. |
That's where you'll see those changes start to take place. |
The team really works hard, everyone does. It's a great group of kids, and having a winning record is better than going 0-16 like we did last year, so it really shows how far we've come in one year. It's important to us. Our coaching is awesome, and how we play, it's just real hard work. |
They can do much more than a standard brigade can. |
They continue to increase their offensive systems. It looks like they are preparing for something other than a political solution to the Taiwan problem. And we find that disconcerting. |
Things get very fuzzy past the five-year point. |
We don't know how we're going to use the force. So we have to have a capability set that will withstand all reasonable futures. |
We know we cannot win this long war by ourselves. |