General Schoomaker said the attacks on America in September 2001 and subsequent events had given the US army a rare opportunity to change.
"There is a huge silver lining in this cloud," he said.
"War is a tremendous focus... Now we have this focusing opportunity, and we have the fact that [terrorists] have actually attacked our homeland, which gives it some oomph."
He said it was no use having an army that did nothing but train.
"There's got to be a certain appetite for what the hell we exist for," he said.
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I really don't want to diminish the impact of those statements by making a joke, but look at this guy.
And is that another comment on the size of his cannon?
Saturday, January 24, 2004
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