Quotes about Insurgency Warfare

Ho Chi Minh

You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win.

Henry A. Kissinger

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerilla wins if he does not lose.

Henry A. Kissinger

The guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win.

Gordon Adams

Counter insurgency is something we can’t do, can’t do well, and shouldn’t be doing.

David Galula

Clearly, more than any other kind of warfare, counterinsurgency must respect the principle of a single direction. A single boss must direct the operations from beginning to end.

He fought in Algeria and other counterinsurgencies and then studied them. He wrote the classic book on counterinsurgency warfare. After all the mistakes the U. S. made after the successful invasion of Iraq, his book and doctrine were very influential in the change in strategy and tactics that turned the Iraq War in our favor.

Ann Coulter

The Afghan "negotiation phase" immediately precedes the traditional Afghan "surrender phase." This entails the following: The defeated party surrenders and then comes out shooting. This is repeated several times. Finally, the vanquished party runs out of ammunition and is forced to surrender ' but seriously this time ' at which point the victors kill the foreigners and hug their fellow Afghans like long-lost brothers.

Christopher Dodd

Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

I am convinced that no military victory is possible in this theater. [Vietnam]

Nonetheless, Eisenhower was persuaded to send militay and financial aid to France to assist in trying to militarily defeat the Vietname Nationalsits and maintain contol over their Colony.

Insurgency Warfare Quotes