Martin Dempsey: “We are putting our military on a path where the force is so degraded and so unready that it would be immoral to use…”

ISIL would love nothing more than a large presence of United States forces on the ground in Iraq and Syria so that they could have a call to jihad.

I would not recommend we put United States forces in harm's way... simply to stiffen the spine of local forces.

If he wants someone waterboarded, he better bring his own bucket.

Under no circumstances should we relieve pressure on Iran relative to ballistic missile capabilities and arms trafficking.