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David Petraeus

Afghanistan has other enormous challenges as well, including a political system that is still very much developing, although there has been some progress in the past several years.

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After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair.

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Al-Qaida in particular remains dangerous, and there [in Iraq] is some residual militia and special group presence. There are still between 20 and 30 attacks per day, still periodic car bombs and still loss of innocent civilians.

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Don’t forget Yemen, where there are also extremist elements, as we saw recently.

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Even the Interior Ministry in Riyadh was hit. Since then, the Saudis have employed a very intelligent and comprehensive approach to counter al-Qaida, including precise operations based on good intelligence, changes in their corrections facilities, superb strategic communications programs and a host of other initiatives – all of which, together, have helped Saudi Arabia achieve impressive results in their fight against extremists.

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Every civilian’s death diminishes us, collectively.

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Fighting in cities is a totally different endeavor than obviously fighting out in the open.

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First and foremost is to not allow the reestablishment, if you will, of an extremist sanctuary that can export the kind of terror that ended up with terrorists taking down the World Trade Center and plowing into the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. That’s the point: We started this war because the Sept. 11 attack came from this area. And we do not fight alone, but with some 40 allies who share that view.

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I am neither a pessimist nor an optimist. I am a realist, and the reality in Iraq is that it has been very hard and it continues to be hard.

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I am not a politician, and I will never be, and I say that with absolute conviction.

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Quotes by David Petraeus

David Petraeus

Afghanistan has other enormous challenges as well, including a political system that is still very much developing, although there has been some progress in the past several years.

After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair.

Al-Qaida in particular remains dangerous, and there [in Iraq] is some residual militia and special group presence. There are still between 20 and 30 attacks per day, still periodic car bombs and still loss of innocent civilians.

Don’t forget Yemen, where there are also extremist elements, as we saw recently.

Every civilian’s death diminishes us, collectively.

Fighting in cities is a totally different endeavor than obviously fighting out in the open.

I am neither a pessimist nor an optimist. I am a realist, and the reality in Iraq is that it has been very hard and it continues to be hard.

I am not a politician, and I will never be, and I say that with absolute conviction.

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