Richard Myers
Richard Myers
Richard Bowman Myersis a retired four-star 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...
aircraft fired people seen
I've been told by people that have seen it that it does, in fact, show the aircraft being fired upon. But I haven't seen it,
missiles moved seen zones
This is one of the things that we have seen over time, that in the no-fly zones there will be surface-to-air missiles moved in, moved around and moved out,
effective feet fight fine helping iraqis line seen stand trying walk war winning
It's trying to walk that very fine line between being seen as an occupier, and being effective and winning this war and helping the Iraqis stand up on their feet and take the fight to the enemy.
activity couple days last means seeing seen
It's just a little more activity in the last couple of days than we have seen in the last couple of years. But we don't think it means anything more than what we've been seeing
additional believe caves continue few likely next operations
We believe there are more than 100 additional caves in the area, so operations will probably most likely continue for the next few days,
next surely
surely the next 9/11 would be right around the corner.
decide forces law point ways
There are a lot of ways to go before you get to the point where you ... decide you want to give active-duty forces law enforcement authority,
available emerging forces friday hit holy muslim operations
We are not doing any pre-planned operations today, as Friday is the Muslim holy day. But we do have forces available to hit any emerging targets.
dangerous people
very, very dangerous people ... who have killed.
certain irrelevant parts people shut term within
I use the term irrelevant because at this point, they're not going to be able to communicate with the people of Iraq; that will all be shut down, ... They won't be able to communicate within certain parts of Baghdad.
count major time unfold
This plan, and our thrust, and our major attacks, and the way it will unfold will be at a time and a place of our choosing. The one thing you can count on is that we're going to have patience,
win
This is a win strategy, ... In a sense, things are going well.
forward goes holding looking rather search spot
I'm looking forward to working on things rather than just holding down this spot while the search goes on.
achieve convinced identify plan possible work
I'm convinced that we're going to be able to identify a plan of work that may be possible to achieve during this interim period,