Peter Pace
Peter Pace
Peter Paceis a former United States Marine Corps general who served as the 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Pace was the first Marine officer appointed as chairman, and the first Marine officer to be appointed to three different four-star assignments; the others as the 6th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2001, to August 12, 2005, and as Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command from September 8, 2000, to September 30, 2001. Appointed by...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth5 November 1945
CountryUnited States of America
Today's tactical victory does not guarantee tomorrow's strategic success.
I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts. I do not believe that the Armed Forces of the United States are well served by a saying through our policies that it's OK to be immoral in any way.
We made a very thorough analysis of that recommendation, and when we got done all the chiefs agreed with the commanders in the field that the numbers of the troops in the field then, as now, are appropriate to what we were fighting.
We have been able to concentrate a great deal more of our aviation in support of the opposition forces,
There has not yet been a major ground offensive battle, ... There are, we know, negotiations going on between the opposition forces and the Taliban leadership for surrender.
We are on the ground with them. We are providing airstrikes against targets that our U.S. service members on the ground with the opposition forces are able to identify as proper targets, and we are striking those,
That said, there are more overall IED attacks by the insurgents, and we are working on that problem,
Before we come to the Congress of the United States and ask you to spend more money on more people, we need to make sure we are properly using the assets we have,
The last three times that that general has been in combat, when he was leading Marines in Afghanistan and the two times that he led his division in Iraq, his actions and those of his troops clearly show that he understands the value of proper leadership and the value of human life.
I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral, and that we should not condone immoral acts. [...] I do not believe that the armed forces are well served by saying through our policies that it's OK to be immoral in any way, not just with regards to homosexual acts.
Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership.
There has not yet been a major ground offensive battle... There are, we know, negotiations going on between the opposition forces and the Taliban leadership for surrender.
We prefer that the leaders of the Iraqi armed forces do the honorable thing; stop fighting for a regime that does not deserve your loyalty.
The bottom line is that after we defeat the armed forces of Iraq, that we will want to and need to provide stability throughout that country.