Every American soldier wants as much public support as he can possibly have. That's the soldiers on duty in Iraq, and that's me, as well. We fight better knowing that our people back home support us, back us, and understand what we're doing. It's hugely important. John Abizaid americanbackduty share on social
But my Arabic is pretty good. It's good enough to have conversations with people, to understand what they say, to understand what they're feeling. John Abizaid arabicconversationfelt Change image and share on social
Oh, the transition concerns me because as we move towards an important political event, it's clear to me that the terrorists and insurgents will move as hard as they can to disrupt this process. John Abizaid clearconcerndisrupt Change image and share on social
And so I think that if the person has the funds, the network, and the equipment to do this, and also the experience, which is the key factor, then they can be quite deadly. John Abizaid deadlyequipmentexperience Change image and share on social
We've got to ensure that the quality and the capability of these forces will be good enough to withstand the challenges that the insurgents and the terrorists will present to the new Iraqi government. John Abizaid capabilitychallengeensure Change image and share on social
But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi security capacity. John Abizaid buildcapacitycooperation Change image and share on social
