A country that armed Stalin to defeat Hitler can certainly work alongside enemies of al-Qaida to defeat al-Qaida.

Our strategy right now is to accelerate the campaign against ISIS. It is a threat to all civilized nations.

No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote.

I don't see lethality as the problem. I mean, the lethality of US forces is quite remarkable.

Demonstrate to the world there is "No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy" than a U.S. Marine.

Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.

What concerned me was that [James Mattis] played not only a critical role as a battlefield commander in Fallujah, but also, afterwards, when he was promoted to various other higher-ranking positions, he served as a convening authority in court-martial proceedings against various marines who had been accused of atrocities - for example, in the Haditha massacre, where a group of marines went on a killing spree after one in their unit was killed.