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
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
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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
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A terrorist, massive, casualty-producing event [will occur] somewhere in the Western world - it may be in the United States of America - that causes our population to question our own Constitution and to begin to militarize our country in order to avoid a repeat of another mass, casualty-producing event.
past thinking president
I have said a lot in the past and now I think it is best that I do not comment on what I think when I look at President Bush!
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I'm not a fan almost anywhere of announcing to the enemy of what I'm going to do.
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There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. As this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and who guard them.
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As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character.
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Courage has to do with controlling fear and it seems to me that focus has a way of overcoming anxiety.
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Feith had achieved the reputation in some military circles as 'the dumbest . . . guy on the planet.'
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Now, when you boys get home, you're gonna see a lot of war protestors. But don't be bitter. Go up to one, shake his hand, and smile. Then wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy.
bit early establish land
It is a bit early for us to say that this will establish the land bridge,
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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.