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  • I am encouraged President Obama now says he will fulfill his constitutional obligation to seek authorization for any potential military action in Syria. This is the most important decision any President or any Senator must make, and it deserves vigorous debate

    FaceBook post by Rand Paul from Aug 31, 2013
  • To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it also casts serious doubt on one's manhood.

    Military   War   Doubt  
    Myriam Miedzian (2002). “Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence”, p.71, Lantern Books
  • Dr. Rice's record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war in order to support the President's decision to initiate military action against Iraq

    Military   War   Order  
  • The U.S. has perverted the U.N. weapons process by using it as a tool to justify military actions, falsely so. ... The U.S. was using the inspection process as a trigger for war.

    Military   War   Tools  
  • Fom the out set, the War on Terror was sharply different from other U.S. military actions in the strong support it received from American women. Normally, men back military action by 10 to 20 points more than women do. But, after 9/11, women felt more endangered by terror and backed action against the Taliban and Osama bin Laden as strongly as men did.

    Strong   Military   War  
  • The war against Russia is an important chapter in the German nation's struggle for existence. [...] The objective of this battle must be the demolition of present-day Russia and must therefore be conducted with unprecedented severity. Every military action must be guided in planning and execution by an iron resolution to exterminate the enemy remorselessly and totally. In particular, no adherents of the contemporary Russian Bolshevik system are to be spared.

    Military   War   Struggle  
  • The nature of encounter operations required of the commanders limitless initiative and constant readiness to take the responsibility for military actions.

    "The Military Quotation Book" by James Charlton, (p. 49), 2002.
  • Most US presidents since World War II have led military actions without a declaration of war by Congress, though most, if not all, have properly consulted and sought support from Congress. That is the wise thing to do.

    Wise   Military   War  
    Source: www.spiegel.de
  • I can't accept collective responsibility for the decision to commit Britain now to military action in Iraq without international agreement or domestic support.

    "Cook resigns from cabinet over Iraq" by Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. March 17, 2003.
  • A strong foundation exists for immediate military action against Saddam Hussein and for a multilateral effort to rebuild Iraq after he is gone.

    Strong   Military   Iraq  
  • A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

  • Even limited military actions end up carrying with them great costs and unintended consequences.

    Military   Cost   Action  
    Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. August 10, 2015.
  • Military action is never the first thing that you jump to. You always look at other possibilities, including economic sanctions, tightening the screws.

    Source: www.buzzfeed.com
  • It is the duty of any president, in the final analysis, to defend this nation and dispel the security threat. Saddam Hussein has brought military action upon himself by refusing for 12 years to comply with the mandates of the United Nations. The brave and capable men and women of our armed forces and those who are with us will quickly, I know, remove him once and for all as a threat to his neighbors, to the world, and to his own people, and I support their doing so.

    Military   Men   Years  
  • Putting together a counter- terrorism policy, it's very easy to look at law enforcement or defense, military action or stopping the money flows or whatever, but the really difficult part is integrating all aspects of the policy, and I think she put a lot of emphasis on that.

    Military   Thinking   Law  
  • Every dollar that we send in State Department aid or humanitarian aid that saves us from having to get involved with very expensive military actions is a good investment. And frankly, helping Israel fight terrorism in the Middle East is much cheaper than us fighting it here on our shores.

    "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, transcripts.cnn.com. January 27, 2011.
  • But, as you have intimated, I am among those who would be very wary of any military action in the light of Saddam Hussein's willingness to allow the weapons inspectors to go in.

    "Archbishop of Canterbury speaks out". "The Religion Report" with Stephen Crittenden, www.abc.net.au. September 25, 2002.
  • It [military action on Iraq] makes me feel ashamed to come from the United States. It is humiliating.

  • Declarations of war have never been a constitutional requirement for military action abroad.

    Source: www.guernicamag.com
  • So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America.

    Military   America   Cost  
    Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on Libya, National Defense University, Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. March 28, 2011.
  • Air power can either paralyze the enemy's military action or compel him to devote to the defense of his bases and communications a share of his straitened resources far greater that what we need in the attack.

  • If military action in Iraq is launched without a new U.N. resolution, Canada will not participate.

    Military   Iraq   Canada  
  • The United States found dozens of billions of dollars for military action in Iraq, so it should certainly be able to find a few billions of dollars to get rid of weapons of mass destruction. I'll assume that since the most powerful nation - the United States - has promised to pay for much of this, then its word will be kept. If it isn't, I don't think we can have a true partnership.

    Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. November 12, 2003.
  • I do think that I have a better sense of how military action can result in unintended consequences.

    Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
  • If you live in Israel and you see the way life is there and then you go abroad and see the way Israel is reported on, the way that Israel gets reported on night after night is simply pictures of bombings or military actions.

    Military   Night   Israel  
  • The real threat to U.S. military power is nuclear proliferation, because if every little country has nuclear weapons it becomes very tricky for the United States to engage in military action.

    Country   Real   Military  
  • I think the vast majority of Americans would have supported military action to stop the second plane from hitting the World Trade Center, if that had been possible. I would have been among them.

    Source: rayhemachandra.com
  • Military action without politics is like a tree without a root.

    Military   Roots   Tree  
  • It will take time to eradicate a cancer like Isil. And any time we take military action, there are risks involved - especially to the servicemen and women who carry out these missions. But I want the American people to understand how this effort will be different from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil.

    Cancer   Military   War  
    Statement by the President on ISIL, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 10, 2014.
  • One of the reasons why this country undertook military action in Iraq was that there are quite a few problems here, and perhaps attention needed to be deflected from those problems. It sometimes seems that the U.S. economy works successfully only if it gets a stimulus from the defense industry. So perhaps in addition to showing the power and the might of the United States internationally, another reason was to help the defense industry and to help the U.S. economy recover.

    Country   Military   Iraq  
    Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. November 12, 2003.
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