The Best General Dostum Quotes

Captain: I expect you to share strategic information with us. Otherwise what the fuck are we doing here?
General: Your anger comes from your fear because you live in a place where life looks better than afterlife. That's not this place.

General: [in English] To our new American friends.
[Drinks from vodka bottle]
General: I hope they don't think they win, copying the Russians.
Captain: I was told you didn't speak English.
General: I did not speak to the man who told you I don't.

General: [grimly] Mullah Razzan, leader of the Taliban, has a high price on your heads. 100,000 US dollars for your body. 50,000 for your bloody uniforms.
Sam: That's it? A little low. Toss a little change out, Taliban.

Captain: You have an obligation to tell me everything you know!
General: You don't have the stomach for everything I know.

General: I will let Atta have the city today - tomorrow, we'll see.
Captain: Well, you made the right choice.
General: Right choice? There are no right choices here. This is Afghanistan - graveyard of many empires. Today you are our friend, tomorrow you are our enemy. It won't be any different for you. Soon, America will become just another tribe here. You will be cowards if you leave, you will be our enemies if you stay.

Captain: General, I'm--I'm your link to the greatest weaponry in the history of civilization. You--you gotta stop guarding me and start trusting me.
General: Greatest weapon in history is this.
[Points to heart]
General: I don't have soldiers in my army, not one. Only warriors. Stop being a soldier --
[points to head]
General: start using this --
[points to Nelson's heart]
General: and you can be a warrior, too.

Captain: General, I'm the captain. This is my team. You speak to me, all right?
General: This is my country.
Captain: I understand that. You own the land, but we own the sky. You want our bombs, talk to me.