“Many think it not only inevitable but entirely proper that liberty give way to security in times of national crisis--that, at the extremes of military exigency, inter arma silent leges. Whatever the general merits of the view that war silences law or modulates its voice, that view has no place in the interpretation and application of a Constitution designed precisely to confront war and, in a manner that accords with democratic principles, to accommodate it.” ThinkingWayGivingWarLawVoiceViewsSilenceLibertyPrinciplesSecurityMilitaryConstitutionCrisisDemocraticSilentExtremesInevitableMeritInterpretationApplicationAccordAccommodate Book:Scalia's Court: A Legacy of Landmark Opinions and Dissents Source: Scalia's Court: A Legacy of Landmark Opinions and Dissents
“If the new military elite is anything like the old one, it would, in any great crisis, tend to side with the Old Order and defend the status quo, if necessary, by force. In the words of the standard police bulletin known to all radio listeners, These men are armed -and they may be dangerous.” IfsMenMayOrderForceSidesKnownMilitaryDangerousStandardsPoliceCrisisRadioElitesListenersStatus Quo Author:Ferdinand Lundberg
“We are spending hundreds of billions of dollars maintaining 5,000 nuclear weapons. I think we need major reform in the military, making it more cost effective, but also focusing on the real crisis that faces America.” ThinkingNeedsRealAmericaFacesMilitaryCostMajorsWeaponsCrisisDollarsSpendingNuclearBillionsReformNuclear WeaponsMaintaining Author:Bernie Sanders
“History has shown more than once that when people surrender totalitarian powers to their rulers, they are inevitably exercised in the next big crisis. And let's not forget here that the next president who wields this power and who will be in charge of military might well be Hillary Clinton.” PeopleWellsBigsMightNextPresidentForgetMilitaryCrisisClintonSurrenderRulers Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“More than ever before, crisis management, reconstruction and development demand a new level of cooperation between nations, and between nations and international organisations, where military and civilian instruments are applied in a coordinated way.” NationsLevelsMilitaryDevelopmentDemandManagementCrisisInstrumentsInternationalCooperationCiviliansOrganisationReconstructionCrisis Management Author:Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
“The intellectual and moral failures common to America's general officer corps in Vietnam and Iraq constitute a crisis in American generalship. Any explanation that fixes culpability on individuals is insufficient. No one leader, civilian or military, caused failure in Vietnam or Iraq. Different military and civilian leaders in the two conflicts produced similar results. In both conflicts, the general officer corps designed to advise policymakers, prepare forces and conduct operations failed to perform its intended functions.” TwoDifferentAmericaIndividualForceResultsCommonLeaderMoralMilitaryConflictIntellectualFunctionCrisisIraqOperationsExplanationOfficersVietnamAdviseCiviliansInsufficientMoral FailureCulpability Author:Paul Yingling
“What we need to do is ensure that we don't create an environment that puts us on a track conceivably where the United States military finds itself in a civil military crisis with a commander in chief who would have us do illegal things.” NeedsStatesUnitedUnited StatesEnvironmentMilitaryCrisisTrackChiefsIllegalCommandersCommander In ChiefUnited States MilitaryIllegal Things Author:John R. Allen
“I don't have support. Not me ; all Syria. Every agreement is between every class and every sector in Syria ; government, people, trade, military, culture, everything ; it's like the cooperation between your country and any other country in the world. It's the same cooperation. It's not about me ; it's not support for the crisis.” PeopleWorldCountryGovernmentCultureClassSupportMilitaryCrisisTradeAgreementCooperationOther CountriesSyria Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Kennedy was haunted by the Bay of Pigs invasion but carried the country through the Cuban Missile Crisis. He later increased the number of U.S. military advisers to South Vietnam to more than 16,000.” CountryNumbersMilitaryCrisisSouthVietnamPigsInvasionMissilesCubanAdviserCuban Missile CrisisBay Of Pigs Author:Kitty Kelley
“I just have to tell you that the provocations by Russia need to be met with American strength. And if Russia chooses to be involved and continue, I should say, to be involved in this barbaric attack on civilians in Aleppo, the United States of America should be prepared to use military force to strike military targets of the Assad regime to prevent them from this humanitarian crisis that is taking place in Aleppo.” MilitaryCrisisHumanitarianBe Prepared Author:Mike Pence
“In a moment of crisis, of which there are all too many, Russian military planners may conclude that lacking a deterrent, the only hope of survival is a first strike - which means the end for all of us.” MeanMomentsMilitarySurvivalCrisis Author:Noam Chomsky
“Therefore, if one were to consider that there was virtually no possibility of success through the US-Japan negotiations, the military and economic pressures would only force Japan into further crisis if time were allowed to pass in vain.” IfsSuccessForceEconomicMilitaryPossibilityPressureCrisisVainJapanNegotiationCongratulations Author:Hideki Tojo
“Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war. Only great and general battles can produce great results. Blood is the price of victory.” FirstsWarForceBornResultsEffortEnemyBloodMilitaryProduceSonVictoryBattleSolutionsDeterminationDestructionAimCrisisPursueBloodyGreat Results Author:Carl von Clausewitz
“Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power or ship's fire, when it comes to deterring a crisis. And the ships and Marines may not have to do anything but lie offshore. It is hard to lie offshore with a C-141 or C-130 full of airborne troops.” MayMeanSometimesHardLyingFireAirMilitaryReadyCrisisShipsTroopsMarineMarine CorpsAir PowerUsmcUnited States MarineAirborneUnited States Marine CorpsMy MarineOffshore Author:Colin Powell
“Pouring arms into the spreading cauldron of war risks exacerbating the crisis in Iraq. A fully inclusive international diplomatic process should be attempted and is urgently needed now, before the fires of war and militancy spread further in the region.” ShouldWarProcessFireRiskMilitaryArmsNeededCrisisInternationalIraqSpreadRegionsPouringDiplomaticCauldronsMilitancy Author:David Cortright
“Military force is irrelevant to many of the most urgent threats we face. If we are to solve our myriad domestic problems and revitalize our economy we need to be more selective about our involvement in foreign crises large and small.” IfsNeedsProblemFacesForceEconomyMilitaryCrisisThreatIraqSolveIrrelevantUrgentInvolvementSelectiveMilitary Force Author:William Hartung
“The current situation in Iraq is ultimately a crisis of governance, which has allowed extremist groups to take advantage of disillusioned segments of the Iraqi population.” SituationGroupsMilitaryAdvantageCrisisIraqPopulationCurrentsGovernanceExtremistDisillusionedCurrent SituationExtremist Groups Author:Tim Kaine
“The struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The real crisis we face today is a spiritual one; at root, it is a test of moral will and faith.” WorldRealMightTodayFacesSpiritualFaithMoralStruggleMilitaryRootsDecidedTestsArmyCrisisBombsRockets Author:Ronald Reagan
“Make no mistake, our military readiness is already suffering. According to a recent RAND study, the Army has been stretched so thin that active-duty soldiers are now spending one of every two years abroad, leaving little of the Army left in any appropriate condition to respond to crises that may emerge elsewhere in the world.” WorldYearsMayLittlesHas BeensTwoSufferingCoursesLeftMistakeEnemyStudyConditionsMilitaryDutyWeaponsArmyCrisisThreatLeavingSoldierActiveSpendingNuclearErasAppropriateTwo YearsElsewhereNuclear WeaponsContinuingUrgentIrresponsibleReadinessProliferationContinuing On Author:Russ Feingold
“The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war.” FirstsWarForceBornEffortEnemyMilitarySonSolutionsDestructionCrisisBloody Book:Selections from On war Source: Selections from On war