Andrew Card Quotes
Victory is the only option. And we will be victorious in Iraq.
Card, Andrew. Interview. Fox News Sunday, Fox News Network, 21 Aug. 2005.
America had more than one ancient exemplar of the problem of the Iraq War. The great Carthaginian General Hannibal was brilliant in war but tended to lose the benefits of victory by lack of planning and poor administration and geopolitical strategy. He could never “win the peace.” See {589454} for his view of the two phases of conflict.
Serbian Prime Minister Slobodan Milosevic
Dewey had been the Republican Presidential Candidate in 1948. Although he and the Republicans were the overwhelming favorites, Dewey lost to Harry S Truman. In 1952, Dewey was a major supporter of Robert Taft for the Presidency. But other Republicans including Dirksen wanted Dwight D. Eisenhower as the candidate. Dewey had given a rousing speech telling the Party to nominate Taft. Dirksen then responded. Such a public rebuke of a former standard bearer was considered very insulting. However, Dirksen was saying what most Republicans believed. Despite an intense effort by Taft and the very conservative wing of the Party, Eisenhower was selected as the nominee and he won the Presidency.
Andrew Hill Card Jr. is an American politician and academic administrator who was White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006, as well as head of Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as United States Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush from 1992 to 1993.
