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It is pretty clear that the coalition can win in Afghanistan and Iraq in one way or another, but it will be a long, hard slog.

It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.

Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones.
The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, or vice versa.

… есть известные известные — вещи, о которых мы знаем, что знаем их. Есть также известные неизвестные — вещи, о которых мы знаем, что не знаем. Но еще есть неизвестные неизвестные — это вещи, о которых мы не знаем, что не знаем их.

We know where they [Iraq's WMD] are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south, and north somewhat….

Я бы не сказал, что будущее менее предсказуемо, чем прошлое… Прошлое тоже когда-то было непредсказуемо — когда еще было будущим.

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