“No wonder nobody around the world is nervous about America anymore. No wonder we're not intimidating our adversaries and they're running around wild in the world, because they know we're not investing in our defense anymore. We need to make or military strong, not to wage war, but to avoid war and to bring peace and stability in the world.” KnowsWorldNeedsWarRunningAmericaStrongWonderMilitaryInvestingDefenseNervousAround The WorldStabilityAdversariesIntimidating Author:Chris Christie
“The military forces of the revolutionary adversary are diffuse. One is never sure whether one has destroyed them unless one is ready to destroy a large portion of the population, and this usually conflicts with the political aim of the war and hence also violates a fundamental Clausewitzian principle.” WarPoliticalForcePrinciplesMilitaryReadyConflictAimFundamentalsPopulationDestroyedRevolutionaryPortionsAdversariesMilitary Force Author:Anatol Rapoport
“It has been very humbling and gratifying to have these men as our role models. Your generation enabled America to close out the twentieth century as the greatest nation in the history of mankind, the only remaining superpower, the world's leading economy and the world's most respected and feared military force in the world - respected by our friends and allies, feared by our adversaries.” MenWorldHas BeensAmericaForceNationsRolesEconomyGenerationsMankindCenturyMilitaryModelsAlliesRole ModelsTwentieth CenturyAdversariesSuperpowerHumblingMilitary Force Author:Eric Shinseki
“Go, therefore, to meet the foe with two objects before you, either victory or death. For men animated by such a spirit must always overcome their adversaries, since they go into battle ready to throw away their lives.” MenTwoSpiritMilitaryObjectsReadyVictoryBattleOvercomingFoeAdversariesAnimated Author:Scipio Africanus
“Around the world, America's influence has declined while this president [Barack Obama] has destroyed our military, our allies no longer trust us, and our adversaries no longer respect us.” WorldAmericaPresidentInfluenceMilitaryDestroyedAround The WorldBarackAlliesAdversariesPresident Barack Obama Author:Marco Rubio
“To seduce the enemies soldiers from their allegiance and encourage them to surrender is of special service, for an adversary is more hurt by desertion than by slaughter.” HurtEnemySpecialMilitarySoldierSurrenderAdversariesAllegianceSlaughterSeducingDesertion Author:Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
“[D-Day] means to me a beginning of the freedom of Europe. The freedom was the achievement of the military adversaries of the Germans.” MeanMilitaryAchievementEuropeAdversariesD Day Author:Manfred Rommel
“There were various aspects of Sun Tzu's approach that appealed to Ho Chi Minh: a) to learn to understand both the enemy and yourself, to seek out his weaknesses and your own strengths, and act accordingly, b) to make ample use of subterfuge and stratagem in order to defeat or disarm your adversary, and c) to use outright violence only when absolutely necessary in the belief that political struggle was more effective than military struggle.” UsePoliticalOrderBeliefEnemyStruggleSunViolenceMilitaryApproachWeaknessAspectDefeatVariousAdversariesStratagemSubterfugePolitical Struggle Author:William J. Duiker