Anthony Zinni
Anthony Zinni
Anthony Charles Zinniis a retired United States Marine Corps general and a former Commander in Chief of the United States Central Command. In 2002, he was selected to be a special envoy for the United States to Israel and the Palestinian Authority...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth17 September 1943
CountryUnited States of America
eye thinking understanding
I think that before you take on nation building in your mind's eye as to how it should be, you'd better have a clear understanding if this is doable and will work.
thinking needs mogadishu
I think the Mogadishu effect, if I had to define it, is we need to be more careful where we decide to commit US forces, and for what reason, and to make a clear judgment as to what we can and can't do and whether it's in our interests, or we could afford the resources that it would take to make the situation right.
thinking iraq secret
I think it's (Israeli pressure for invading Iraq) the worst kept secret in Washington, everybody I talked to in Washington has known and fully knows what their agenda was and what they were trying to do; because I mentioned the Neo-Conservatives who describe themselves as Neo-Conservatives, I was called, Anti-Semitic.
committed days few mission next plan start terrible
I sense everyone is committed to get out of this terrible situation. I think in the next few days we can start on my mission and the implementation of the plan that we've brought.
conditions threat
The threat conditions in Aden were better than elsewhere,
enable inflict others pain people power
the things that keep him in power and enable him to inflict the kind of pain he does on his own people and others in the region.
attacking cause iraq
Attacking Iraq now will cause a lot of problems,
action based taking
We are taking action based on what Saddam's doing,
close fill filling leadership moral role
We are the world's leader. We fill a void. There is no one out there that even comes close to filling the leadership role that we have, and some of the moral responsibilities that we have.
lure measure possible prevent taking trying
I think, clearly, he is trying to lure us into a possible shoot-down situation, and we are taking every measure to prevent that.
attempts certainly deal engage enthusiasm great lure seeing
We are not seeing a great deal of enthusiasm to engage directly, ... I think these are all attempts to lure us in, to certainly not get close.
a cease-fire is what we need to get to something more comprehensive and lasting.
anger fired generals held might shot wonder
It might be interesting to wonder why all the generals see it in the same way, and all those, who never fired a shot in anger and really held back to go to war, see it in a different way. That's usually the way it is in history.
war government years
Yet, here we are, long and difficult years into that conflict," ... "we still have not created the state we promised them. On the contrary, our costly and valiant efforts have produced an outcome our government did not predict or intend-a failed state spinning out of control into anarchy and civil war.