More than 200 ships from 13 nations conducted over 10,000 flawless intercepts, which formed a steel wall around the waters leading to Iraq. And these operations continue today. Thanks to these superb efferts not one cargo hold, not one crate, not even one pallet of seaborne contraband even touched Saddam Hussein's shores. The result: Iraq lost 90% of its imports, 100% of its exports, and had its gross national product cut in half.
Norman SchwarzkopfI may have made my reputation as a general in the Army and I'm very proud of that. But I've always felt that I was more than one-dimensional.
Norman SchwarzkopfJudge your enemy based upon capabilities, not intent, you have to look at the enemy and really almost make a worst case call every time.
Norman SchwarzkopfI am quite confident that in the foreseeable future armed conflict will not take the form of huge land armies facing each other across extended battle lines, as they did in World War I and World War II or, for that matter, as they would have if NATO had faced the Warsaw Pact on the field of battle.
Norman Schwarzkopf