“The blurring of the line between policy and strategy] encouraged soldiers to make the preposterous claim that policy should be subservient to their conduct of operations, and (especially in democratic countries) it drew the statesman on to overstep the definite border of his sphere and interfere with his military employees in the actual use of their tools.” ShouldCountryUseLinesMilitaryPolicyToolsClaimsStrategyDemocraticSoldierOperationsBordersEmployeeSpheresInterfereDefiniteStatesmenSubservientDemocratic Country Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“Liberals are hopping mad because Rush Limbaugh referred to phony soldiers as "phony soldiers." They claim he was accusing all Democrats in the military of being "phony." True, all Democrats in the military are not phony soldiers, but all phony soldiers seem to be Democrats.” SeemsMilitaryClaimsMadDemocratSoldierPhonyAccusingHopping Author:Ann Coulter
“The pre-war empire had been sufficiently informal and sufficiently cheap for Parliament to claim authority over it without having to concern itself too much about what this authority entailed. The post-war empire necessitated a much greater investment in administrative machinery and military force. This build-up of control had to be paid for, either by British taxpayers or by their colonists.” WarForceGreaterToo MuchMilitaryAuthorityConcernClaimsPaidInvestmentBritishPostsEmpiresOver ItParliamentMachineryTaxpayersBritish HistoryAdministrativeMilitary ForcePost WarColonists Author:Linda Colley
“Gays have always been in the military. Alexander the Great was originally Alexander the Fabulous. A gay man invented C-rations. He claims he could never talk anyone into the cilantro garnish. Obviously, gays were not allowed to design the outfits, because we never would have stayed with the earth tones for so long.” MenLongEarthMilitaryDesignGayClaimsSexualityToneFabulousGay MenOutfitsRations Book:Don't Get Me Started Source: Don't Get Me Started
“Uganda's Constitutional Court will decide whether the military court can proceed with this trial. A nation cannot claim to be operating under the rule of law if its military tribunals ignore the orders of civilian courts.” IfsLawOrderNationsMilitaryClaimsCourtTrialsCiviliansRule Of LawTribunalsUganda Author:Bill Vaughan
“I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling.You could claim that it's due to my military experience. But it came before that. I love their freedom of behavior. They're not constrained by penal attitudes, puritanical attitudes about behavior, both socially and morally. They have a freedom that I admire. An unquestioned freedom.” FeelingsAttitudeMilitaryBehaviorClaimsDuesAdmireAristocracyMilitary Experience Author:James Salter
“The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation.” DoeMilitaryDirectClaimsTargetVietnamInvestigationBombing Book:The Chomsky Reader Source: The Chomsky Reader
“Washington still refuses to provide evidence to support the claims in 1990 that a huge Iraqi military build-up on the Saudi border justified war.” StillsWarSupportMilitaryHugeEvidenceClaimsRefuseBordersJustifiedSaudis Author:Noam Chomsky
“No self-respecting feminist could argue with the claim that the novel is more likely to accept existing power structures than not. But there's a vast difference, surely, between Dickens saying Indians should be exterminated and a Dave Eggers writing eloquently about the NSA, but not being as outspoken on American military power abroad.” ShouldWritingSelfDifferencesAcceptingNovelMilitaryClaimsStructureFeministArguingNsaDaveDickensOutspokenMilitary PowerAmerican Military Author:Kamila Shamsie
“We cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.” LibertyPracticeMilitaryDegreesClaimsHierarchyCastesCaste System Book:Essays, Speeches & Public Letters Source: Essays, Speeches & Public Letters
“These mercenaries and hirelings kidnapped civilians in the Al-Faw Peninsula so that they might claim that they captured Iraqi soldiers.” MightFunnyMilitaryClaimsSoldierAlsCiviliansCapturedKidnappedPeninsulas Author:Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf