7 Quotes by Joseph Taluto

There are 200 special police there now, but they are ineffective, ... both in numbers and the quality of guys in there in the first place. With the rotation of units there has been a downward spiral....I believe the ministry of the interior pulled the plug a little too quickly.

We expect that the enemies will increase their attacks, particularly as we run up to the referendum,

We don't think we have to conduct a military operation there again, but the Ministry of Interior needs to come back and get the special police back,

Prospects are very good for coalition force presence becoming less ... that (the size of the cuts) is just something that our operational commanders above me will decide as they look at the total theater requirements,

This place is the symbol of how one man spent Iraq's wealth, ... Now is the time to return it to the people.

If my boss offered up additional forces I would use them in certain places, but they are not 100% required,

By the time we came in February, there were no police in the city,