But my Arabic is pretty good. It's good enough to have conversations with people, to understand what they say, to understand what they're feeling.
John AbizaidWell, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time.
John AbizaidI believe we've... we've worked very hard with the Iraqis to build a better place ever since the fall of Saddam's government.
John AbizaidI think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to build a mentality of understanding that the military needs to be subordinate to civilian control and respectful of its own people.
John Abizaid