Daniel Goure Quotations

I am enormously skeptical that the Serbs are ready to negotiate, or more importantly, the Serbs that we are talking about here are the Serbs of Belgrade. (Bosnian Serb leader Slobodan) Milosevic, we have not heard from because the administration refused to directly negotiate with the Bosnian Serbs.

I find that ridiculous, frankly. This means they haven't thought of the basics. They haven't worked out the most obvious scenarios.

Given the fact that the total number of attacks are up and Iraqi casualties are rising, it is real hard to say we have seen any light in this tunnel.

I think it's just too early to tell how much a problem they have and whether they've actually turned the corner.

We have been waiting for two things to happen to plan the beginning of our withdrawal.

There is a clear role for F-22 here.

They do not want to be out there in front if the United States is in the process of withdrawal. They can't be the last ones left standing in Iraq.

It's a losing game because they can always build a bigger bomb.

It's like having a persistent drought. At some point when you have drought conditions you have to institute water rationing, and that's what you potentially face in the military if it goes on long enough. You would get to a stage where you don't have enough people to staff your organizations.

The juxtaposition of the mission to Iraq and the response to Katrina really demonstrates the new and changing character of the National Guard.

The first was the creation of an Iraqi security capability, which we have well underway -- a quarter of a million (Iraqi personnel) doing various things. And number two was a functioning unity government, or something that at least had all the major groups represented. We now have that.