Robert Gates: “We will do it on a province-by-province basis.”

Putin believes it's his destiny to recreate the Russian empire.

Development is a lot cheaper than sending soldiers.

I soon learned that the only way I could get significant new or additional equipment to commanders in the field in weeks or months, not years, was to take control of the problem myself through special task forces and ad hoc processes.

it's a terrible way to budget. I mean, it is a gimmick.