#military

Out of my desire to complete Iraq's independence and to finish the withdrawal of the occupation forces from our holy lands, I am obliged to halt military operations of the honest Iraqi resistance until the withdrawal of the occupation forces is complete. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#complete #desire #finish #forces #halt

The main reason for the armed resistance is the American military presence. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#american military #armed #main #main reason #military

Today, war of necessity is used by critics of military action to describe unavoidable response to an attack like that on Pearl Harbor that led to our prompt, official declaration of war, while they characterize as unwise wars of choice the wars in Korea, Vietnam and the current war in Iraq. ↗

— William Safire

#attack #characterize #choice #critics #current

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth. ↗

— George Santayana

#military #more #religion #rhetorical #than

The Iraqi military are able to deploy these weapons within 45 minutes of a decision to do so. ↗

— John Scarlett

#decision #deploy #iraqi #military #minutes

There are a lot of things that have to be considered in National. The military aspect of it is only one of them. I'm confident that President Bush will have all of those things laid out for him before he makes the decision. ↗

— Hugh Shelton

#before #bush #confident #considered #decision

Wherever I go for the military, they always call me Lt. Dan. They just can't help it. ↗

— Gary Sinise

#call #dan #go #help #i

If bin Laden is in fact publicly killed, then the US military will find itself standing around with its hands in its pockets, wondering what's supposed to come next. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#bin #come #fact #find #hands

If politics and business fail us, of course the military will be called in. In the developing world, the massive and repeated ecological disasters are quite commonly met by the military. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#called #commonly #course #developing #developing world

My father-in-law was once Chairman of Military Affairs in the Senate, the latter part of the Wilson Administrations. He knew a lot about and was fond of the Army. ↗

— Stuart Symington

#affairs #army #chairman #father-in-law #fond