44 Quotes by George Casey

We do not have a timeline or milestones that directly tie the draw down of coalition units to numbers of Iraqi battalions,

We've looked for the constitution to be a national pact, and the perception now is that it's not.

We have built enough Iraqi capacity where we can begin talking seriously about transitioning this counterinsurgency mission to them,

What's important is ... is that the one and three are irrelevant,

Fighting insurgencies is a long-term proposition, and there's no reason that we should believe that the insurgency in Iraq will take any less time to deal with.

There is still lots of tough work to do and we should expect the insurgency not to just go away because there were elections.

We fully recognize that Iraqi armed forces will not have an independent capability for some time, because they don't have the institutional base to support them,

We certainly do expect that there is some infiltration of the police and ... the military forces, ... But we don't see it in the way that would render these forces incapable.

We say we make progress relentlessly in little steps a day at a time. And we just keep taking little steps. And every once in a while, you get to see what happens when all those little steps yield something.