- Nov 07, 2020
Military Quotes
Words on command, service, and the realities behind the uniform.
These quotes move between the strategic and the personal — reflections on command experience, the military balance between nations under strain, and the day-to-day culture inside the ranks. For related reading see Prayers.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
To the contrary, I believe the U.S. military has already done all that has been asked of them. Saddam Hussein is on trial. The threat from alleged weapons of mass destruction programs in Iraq has been neutralized.
- Demolished
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the only outsider to visit the Abbottabad compound where bin Laden lived before the Pakistani military demolished it.
- Equipment
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Islamic State has proven that terrorists can seize and deploy modern military equipment on lesser-armed opponents.
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
The forces that rescued Americans on Sept. 11, 2012, were not the U.S. military. They were not the militias that overthrew Gadhafi. They were Gadhafi devotees who were loyal to him and to the U.S. government with whom their leader reached a 'deal.'
- Come
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of similarities between Jonathan Higgins and Juliet Higgins: they're both British, they both come from military backgrounds, and they're both control freaks.
- Argentina
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems that Argentina is incapable of looking critically at its tragic military adventure in the Falklands.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was driven when I was younger. Driven at West Point where it was much more competitive in that women were competing with men on many levels, and I was driven in the military and at Harvard, both competitive environments.
- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress has consistently rejected policies that aim to allow illegal aliens to serve in the military.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's outrageous that many enlisted people qualify for food stamps because military salaries are so low.
- Hand
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in a military family, so by the time I was 13 I'd lived in six different places.
- Policy
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing in ANC policy which calls for attacks on civilians in supermarkets, schools, and cinemas unless these are regarded as military installations.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man.
- Nov 07, 2020
Be a military flier or be in a band; those were the two hippest things I could imagine.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020