In a recent interview, General Norman Schwartzkof was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward the people who have harboured and abetted the terrorists who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks on America. His answer..."I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting.

I have seen competent leaders who stood in front of a platoon and all they saw was a platoon. But great leaders stand in front of a platoon and see it as 44 individuals, each of whom has aspirations, each of who wants to live, each of whom wants to do good.

First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it.

Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.

Fear will keep you alive in a war. Fear will keep you alive in business. There's nothing wrong with fear.

A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.