Martin Dempsey: “the Iraq war remains one of the greatest United States foreign policy mistakes of the last century”

An energy independent U.S. and a net exporter of energy as a nation has the potential to change the security environment around the world, notably in Europe and in the Middle East. And so, as we look at our strategies for the future, I…

If we have fewer forces forward, we will be less deterrent and less reassuring to our allies.

You cannot kill all the militants in the world with all the air strikes in the world. It just doesn't work that way. You have to kill the ideology.

we have no slack, no margin left for error or strategic surprise