Military Quotes
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What the commission that myself and Leon Panetta is trying to do is analyze this in two respects. First of all, what's the right military response and security response?
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Well, in the first place, military service, they don't call it service for nothing. You are actually serving your country. And it is a worthy and valid vocation.
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Military commanders do not want to be tried for war crimes, even if those crimes are committed online.
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You know, in the WikiLeaks cables, the Chinese discovered that Kevin Rudd was urging the Americans to keep the military option open against them. This is hardly a friendly gesture.
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Any action taken will be against the terrorist network of Bin Laden.... As for the Taleban, they can surrender the terrorists or face the consequences - and again in any action the aim will be to eliminate their military hardware, cut off their finances, disrupt their supplies, target their troops, not civilians.
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I did a lot of humanitarian work before I joined the military.
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It's oftentimes the case that relief workers, people who've been involved in development projects and foreign assistance, have a real understanding of foreign cultures that the military desperately needs if we're going to be able to work effectively.
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Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces.
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In the whole history of this country, we have probably won more friends from the power of our example than from the power of our military.
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A troop surge in Baghdad would put more American troops at risk to address a problem that is not a military problem.
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Funny how the U.S. sends in the military to fight “terrorists” in any country which has resources we want....
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The Clinton Administration has been downsizing our military for the last seven years, and the Kosovo crisis has exposed how our national security is now in real danger.
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I can say that American men and women in the Military are damn impressive.
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The North Korean Communists are implacably pursuing their military buildup in defiance of the international trend toward rapprochement and of the stark reality of the Korean situation, as well as of the long-cherished aspiration of the 50 million Koreans. The North Koreans have already constructed a number of underground invasion tunnels across the Demilitarized Zone.
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Funny how the U.S. sends in the military to fight “terrorists” in any country which has resources it wants....
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People don't understand rural America. Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back.
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If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common.
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The U.K.-U.S. defense relationship is the broadest, deepest and most advanced of any two countries, sharing military hardware and expertise.
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I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win.
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We would take millions of undocumented illegal if they would serve in the military.
