The information gleaned when we picked up Saddam Hussein led to a better understanding of the structure [of the insurgency], ... We think there are some of the leadership of this insurgency [that have been caught up in the sweep].
"Richard Bowman Myers" is a retired four-star General (United States)/general in the United States Air Force and served as the 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As Chairman, Myers was the highest ranking uniformed officer of the United States' military forces.
General Myers became the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs on October 1, 2001. In this capacity, he served as the principal military advisor to the President of the United States/President, the Secretary of Defense of the United States/Secretary of Defense, and the United States National Security Council/National Security Council during the earliest stages of the War on Terror, including planning and execution of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. On September 30, 2005, he retired and was succeeded by General Peter Pace. His Air Force career included operational command and leadership positions in a variety of Air Force and Joint assignments.
More Richard Myers on Wikipedia.A complex situation that is not well-understood by folks who fought in Vietnam.
The stakes in this war on terrorism simply couldn't be higher.
The Marines returned fire, but the attackers escaped and we have no idea who they were.
[Vice President Dick Cheney told The Washington Post on Sunday that the war on terrorism that began October 7] may never end. At least, not in our lifetimes. ... may be correct.
If we were, for instance, to say, 'OK, Iraq is not worth the cost,' if we were to make that my judgment, that terrible mistake ... the next 9/11 in my view would be right around the corner.
The sweep of this extensive complex continues again as we speak.
This preserves for the president all the options that a president would want to have in case this country or our friends and allies were attacked with weapons of mass destruction, be they nuclear, biological, chemical or, for that matter, high explosives.
The outcome and consequences of defeat are greater than World War II.
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