Sentence examples for a general told from inspiring English sources

"The central theme of our doctrine is restraint and responsibility," a general told me.

Kurdish forces attacked the Islamic State fighters who wrested the Mosul dam from them a week earlier, a general told AFP. "Kurdish peshmerga, with US air support, have seized control of the eastern side of the dam" complex, Major General Abdelrahman Korini told AFP, saying several jihadists had been killed.

A general tells him that whenever government soldiers are captured "almost all the officers are killed".

A few years ago, a British general told the Sunday Times that the armed forces would use "whatever means, fair or foul" to take down a Corbyn administration.

"Olmert said he did not ask Bush for a green light, but Bush did not give Olmert a red light," an Israeli general told me.

"The policy dilemma is this," a senior general told me.

"Suppose Pakistan had been nonnuclear in 2002," a Pakistani general told me.

"This what brave and capable officers do," a senior general told me this morning.

"This is not even below expectations for the campaign," Dees, a retired general, told the Guardian.

"They are supposed to be more experienced, more mature, older, more understanding of the implications," Amram Mitzna, a former general, told Israel Radio.

A United States general told me he was worried that Americans back home didn't appreciate the challenges and sacrifices of his troops.