Tommy Franks
Tommy Franks
Tommy Ray Franksis a retired general in the United States Army. His last Army post was as the Commander of the U.S. Central Command, overseeing U.S. military operations in a 25-country region, including the Middle East. Franks succeeded General Anthony Zinni to this position on July 6, 2000 and served until his retirement on 7 July 2003...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth17 June 1945
CountryUnited States of America
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This is about you... . You did it on time, you did it with a good plan, you did it with violent execution, you did it taking care of one another,
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If terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have catastrophic consequences for our cherished republican form of government.
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He has served our country with great distinction,
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In each conflict that our nation's been in throughout our history, we have had people hurt, and we've had people killed,
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If we try to phase it in a way that we say, 'Well, we'll have an air war, and then we'll have some special operating forces and then we'll have a ground war,' then I think it starts to look a little too conventional, ... It begins to look a little too much like efforts we've seen in the past. As I've said, as the president has said, this is not a war like any war we have had before.
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We're interested in it because it would provide a land bridge up to Uzbekistan, which provides us, among other things, a humanitarian pathway for us to move supplies out of Central Asia and down into Afghanistan
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We're in fact on plan. And where we stand today is not, in my view, only acceptable but truly remarkable.
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I, for one, begin with intent. There is no question that, Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America.
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America decided we were going to stand by and let Americans die at the hands of terrorists a long time ago
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Probably we'll think of Bush in years to come as an American hero.
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The military infrastructure grew me. My faith in God is important, my belief in my country is important, my relationship to my family is important, the things that Mom and Dad tell you growing up are important.
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I'm a pretty serious Independent.
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The only time a dead certainty applies is in a dream world.
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I remember when I was a private soldier. I remember the days when I was taken care of and when I was not taken care of.