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Bruising obituaries. not so much because of what youve done, but youve been around when people perceive the military force has failed. do you have moments late at night or elsewhere where you look in the mirror and think, is the basis of what of what you believe in wrong? have we just not been able to do what i spent my entire life and career hoping we could do? i think you have to look back at what our principal function is. we have avoided war throughout my lifetime, and i think that is what w...

Have we just not been able to do what i hoped we would be able to do? i think you have to look back at what our principal function is. we have avoided war throughout my lifetime, and i think that is what we are here to do. and i often say to chiefs of staff, we need to think really hard about how we prepare to fight the war, because that will prevent from that happening. that is our principal task. yes, when you get involved with the complexities of these very complicated campaigns like iraq and...

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Before north korea has a deliverable nuclear weapon, but that doesnt necessarily mean that theyre going to use it. remember that kim jong uns principal function is to stay in power and launching an attack on the united states and one of its allies isdysfunctional to the achievement of that. >> why is it the on nation on earth to have set off nuclear weapons in anger, they have flown through two of our bombay doors and no other nation gets to kind of be the arbiter of who else gets to have them o...

>> do you regard the opponent here as an already nuclear north korea? >> i think you must assume that it is. and theres not much chance we have of changing that because the independent variable here is china. i dont think chinas going to have a positive effect on the outcome. i think it just a matter of time before north korea has a deliverable nuclear weapon, but that doesnt necessarily mean that theyre going to use it. remember that kim jong uns principal function is to stay in power and launc...

Is how its all going to end. its been said before and it bears repeating the principal function of the development of nuclear weapons and a delivery capability from the norths standpoint is to ensure that the north stays in business. its a continuing criminal enterprise. every continuing criminal enterprises first consideration is to stay afloat. and so thats the purpose of all this development. and because north koreas had a difficult time getting hard currency, it has developed that by selling...