#urgency

There's people coming in who've never done any politics at all, who've never been in a trade union, they've never been in a political party, they've never done anything, but they do feel a kind of urgency. ↗

— Susan George

#anything #been #coming #done #feel

I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that in a, in an insurgency and a counterinsurgency, that's really the center of gravity. ↗

— Michael Mullen

#center #central #certainly #counterinsurgency #everybody

Government bonds have basically been sold in the domestic market, so there is some sense of stability, but the amount of public debt is really severe... Japan must manage its finances with a sense of urgency. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#basically #been #bonds #debt #domestic

And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency. ↗

— Warren Rudman

#attack #biological #chemical #country #deal

Three years into the war, tens of thousands of American troops remain targets of a growing Iraqi insurgency. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#american troops #growing #insurgency #into #iraqi

When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#doing #ever #feel #i #i do

The Germans have done wonderful work. Not long ago, a German battle group battalion conducted a very impressive counterinsurgency operation in a portion of Baghlan province. I think these are the first counterinsurgency operations conducted by any German element after World War II. And they did a very impressive job. ↗

— David Petraeus

#ago #any #battalion #battle #conducted

Well, the oil, the oil spot, if you will, is a, is a term in counterinsurgency literature that connotes a peaceful area, secure area. So what you're trying to do is to always extend that, to push that out. ↗

— David Petraeus

#area #counterinsurgency #extend #literature #oil

The Government of Iraq also owes a debt to the American and coalition forces who are fighting the insurgency and helping put that country back together after decades of repression. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#also #american #back #coalition #coalition forces

The number of attacks on the American and allied forces is at the highest level since the insurgency began despite the increase of America combat operations and the introduction of some 40 new Iraq security forces and battalions. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#america #american #attacks #battalions #began