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
military government mass-destruction
Gen. Tommy Franks Says That If The United States Is Hit With A Weapon Of Mass Destruction That Inflicts Large Casualties, The Constitution Will Likely Be Discarded In Favor Of A Military Form Of Government
couple years liberty
The Western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we've seen for a couple of hundred years in this grand experiment that we call democracy
taken soldier care
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.
pregnancy america alliances
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.
independent serious
I'm a pretty serious Independent.
hero thinking years
Probably we'll think of Bush in years to come as an American hero.
hands america long
America decided we were going to stand by and let Americans die at the hands of terrorists a long time ago
views iraq today
We're in fact on plan. And where we stand today is not, in my view, only acceptable but truly remarkable.
stay
We've got to get after it and stay after it.
ahead camp days fully goes literally
We'll see how it goes over the days ahead as that camp is fully exploited. It is literally huge,
fight question
The question is do we fight them over there -- or do we fight them here,
beings huge human pays precisely targeted
We have learned that precision munitions go precisely where they're targeted to go. We've learned that the introduction of human beings in the equation, who can cause the precision munitions to go precisely where they should go, pays a huge dividend.
hard time
I think any time we lose people, it's a hard moment.
call fan
I'm not a fan of what we call 'friendly fire' or 'blue on blue.' We don't want to have that.