Anthony Zinni Quotes

United States, Statesman
September 17, 1943

Anthony Charles Zinni (born September 17, 1943) is a former United States Marine Corps general and a former Commander in Chief of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM). In 2002, he was selected to be a special envoy for the United States to Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

The United Nations offers international legitimacy in what we might do.

Anthony Zinni
Nearly four years after our country invaded and occupied Iraq, Americans are facing the painful truth that our nation has failed to achieve the Bush administration’s ambitious goals for that tragic land.

Anthony Zinni
- Country
- Truth
- Goals

I think it's (Israeli pressure for invading Iraq) the worst kept secret in Washington, everybody I talked to in Washington has known and fully knows what their agenda was and what they were trying to do; because I mentioned the Neo-Conservatives who describe themselves as Neo-Conservatives, I was called, Anti-Semitic.

Anthony Zinni
- Trying
We promised the Iraqi people freedom, democracy, security and a new and far better life.

Anthony Zinni
- People
- Life
- Freedom
Yet, here we are, long and difficult years into that conflict,' ... 'we still have not created the state we promised them. On the contrary, our costly and valiant efforts have produced an outcome our government did not predict or intend-a failed state spinning out of control into anarchy and civil war.

Anthony Zinni
- Long
- War
- Control