Tag: Norman Schwarzkopf
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I think any student of military strategy would tell you that in order to attack a position, you should have a ratio of approximately 3 to 1 in favor of the attacker.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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I’m not a politician. I’d make a lousy politician.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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Carpet bombing tends to portray something that’s totally indiscriminate, you know, en masse without regard to the target.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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There’s no doubt in my mind that whichever commander ordered the blowing up of Kamisiyah did so in following the instructions that he had received.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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Tanks being deployed far forward is an indication of offensive action; tanks in depth is an indication of defensive action.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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Good generalship is the realisation that you’ve got to figure out how to accomplish your mission with the minimum loss of human life.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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But I would defy anyone to go back over the years and tell me anyone whose career I’ve ruined, anyone whom I’ve driven out of the service, anyone I’ve fired from a job.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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For the entire first part of my career, I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
Norman Schwarzkopf