William Westmoreland
United States Army general (1914-2005)
Tommy Franks
United States Army general
Tommy Ray Franksis a retired United States Army general. His last army post was as the Commander of the United States Central Command, overseeing United States military operations in a 25-country region, including the Middle East.
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About the Tommy Franks
Tommy Ray Franksis a retired United States Army general. His last army post was as the Commander of the United States Central Command, overseeing United States military operations in a 25-country region, including the Middle East. Franks succeeded General Anthony Zinni to this position on 6 July 2000 and served until his retirement on 7 July 2003.
Franks was the United States general leading the attack on the Taliban in Afghanistan in response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon in 2001. He also oversaw the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
7 Quotes by Tommy Franks
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As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character.
Tommy FranksUnited States Army general
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Probably we’ll think of Bush in years to come as an American hero.
Tommy FranksUnited States Army general
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If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.
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If terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have catastrophic consequences for our cherished republican form of government.
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I, for one, begin with intent. There is no question that, Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America.
Tommy FranksUnited States Army general
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America decided we were going to stand by and let Americans die at the hands of terrorists a long time ago.
Tommy FranksUnited States Army general
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The Western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we’ve seen for a couple of hundred years in this grand experiment that we call democracy.
Tommy FranksUnited States Army general