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
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We're going to continue to engage Afghan authorities on this matter in order to help seek accountability for any violations that may have occurred.
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readiness level of their combat levels above 90 percent mission capable.
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have attacked and destroyed a massive terrorist facility in the last 48 hours in northern Iraq, and ground forces, as we speak, are exploiting the results of that strike.
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I anticipate we'll be involved in Iraq in the future. Whether that means two years or four years, I don't know.
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In each conflict that our nation's been in throughout our history, we have had people hurt, and we've had people killed,
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Did this go as we intended it to?
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I think in each case the right thing to do is for people to go take a look,
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He has served our country with great distinction,
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It fills me with pride to have a chance to spend some time with the troops who are doing this work in Kabul, to spend some time with the general, to congratulate him on a job well done,
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They have accomplished some wonderful things out there,
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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.
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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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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.