I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
Wisdom worth sharing, words worth remembering.
I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.
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.
I hate war. Absolutely I hate war.
War is a profane thing.
A professional soldier understands that war means killing people war means maiming people war means families left without fathers and mothers.
Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.
Well unfortunately I have always regretted the fact that I have a temper but I also have you know have great love and respect for all of the people that have worked for me. I think like everything else this is one of those things that has been blown out of proportion.
The more you sweat in peace the less you bleed in war.
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.
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one be without the strategy.
You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And therefore you learn how to do it.
As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist he is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts nor is he a tactician nor is he a general nor is he a soldier. Other than that he's a great military man I want you to know that.