Carolina QuotesYet, 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 Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Pages 227-228 of The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose, (released in March 2006)
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- The Battle for Peace (2006)
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- 2006
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