Planning is really the hallmark of any large military formation, and it's typically a weakness in new formations and new armies.
John R. AllenThe thing that I'm always left with is this overwhelming desire for people to be rooted and the only way that they feel rooted is through another person.
John R. AllenAnd across Afghanistan, every single day, Afghan soldiers, Afghan police and ISAF troops are serving shoulder-to-shoulder in some very difficult situations. And our engagement with them, our shoulder-to-shoulder relationship with them, our conduct of operations with them every single day defines the real relationship.
John R. Allen