When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else who's willing to take on that responsibility.

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It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

Foe means enemy. Now will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad

Foe means enemy. Now will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal diplomatic relations.

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