#military

The administration has a disturbing pattern of behavior when it comes to budgeting not only for the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan but also for military requirements not directly related to these conflicts. ↗

— Russ Feingold

#afghanistan #also #behavior #budgeting #comes

I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from. ↗

— Caleb Carr

#angry #came #down #focus #got

America stood at the summit of power, emerging from the Cold War as an economic, cultural and military force without equal. ↗

— Lincoln Chafee

#cold #cold war #cultural #economic #emerging

The military code of justice sets out exactly what type of charges are available for specific acts. ↗

— Saxby Chambliss

#available #charges #code #exactly #justice

I just felt from personal observation that there is nothing more dislocated or alienated than a lifelong military person trying to cope in civilian life. It's like two completely separate planets. ↗

— Lee Child

#civilian #completely #cope #dislocated #felt

Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country? ↗

— Ted Cruz

#any #country #demographic #do you know #higher

To avoid a military conflict, Saddam Hussein has no other choice than to leave the country. ↗

— Ari Fleischer

#choice #conflict #country #hussein #leave

The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose. ↗

— John T. Flynn

#itself #lies #lose #military #peril

The day after the prison was transferred to the military intelligence command, they had an entire battalion - 1,200, 1,500 soldiers - arrive at Abu Ghraib just for force protection alone. ↗

— Janis Karpinski

#after #alone #arrive #battalion #command

A sagging economy, a soaring national debt, and an increasingly restive Congress pushed Obama to order troop reductions that are both deeper and faster than recommended by his military commanders. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#commanders #congress #debt #deeper #economy