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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I anticipate we'll be involved in Iraq in the future. Whether that means two years or four years, I don't know.
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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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The prize we seek is another 200 plus years of freedom in this country.
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We're taking part in a global war on terrorism,
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Enemy forces in this area are dug in. They're in caves. They're also in natural fighting positions,
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Feedback from the special forces conducting the raid,
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Did this go as we intended it to?
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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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readiness level of their combat levels above 90 percent mission capable.
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I don't know Senator Kerry's plan for victory,
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We'll see how it goes over the days ahead as that camp is fully exploited. It is literally huge,
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They have accomplished some wonderful things out there,
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We're going to continue to engage Afghan authorities on this matter in order to help seek accountability for any violations that may have occurred.
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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.