"Very, very encouraged. I have never been more encouraged during my entire almost four years in country. I think we are making real progress. Everybody is very optimistic that I know of who is intimately associated with our effort there."

General William Westmoreland, commander of U.S. operations in Vietnam, on "the light at the end of the tunnel," (1967)

"Do I think the operation in Afghanistan will take years? No I don't. We will take the least possible time." Donald Rumsfeld says the military operation in Afghanistan is becoming more effective every day and would not take years to complete.

(11/05/2001)

'The tide is turning' on Iraq; Rumsfeld (4/9/2003)

Wait and See Donald.