“Landowners and influential men of all kinds, especially members of political councils, ought to set an example to the people. The young members of rich families should offer themselves for military service. If not one of two sons, at least one of three sons should be ready to do so.” PeopleIfsMenShouldKindTwoYoungPoliticalThreeRichMilitaryExampleSonReadyOughtOffersMembersAll KindsCouncilInfluentialMilitary ServiceRich FamilyThree Sons Author:Chiang Kai-shek
“Somebody like me - I am a member of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change, we've been at this for several years now. To have somebody like the Prince of Wales talk about something [like climate changes] elevates that conversation to a much higher level.” YearsLevelsMilitaryHigherConversationMembersClimateClimate ChangeLike MeCouncilHigher LevelWalesAdvisory Author:Chris Barrie
“The question was never whether the United States, E.U., NATO, Arab League, U.N. Security Council, and African Union could together using economic sanctions, diplomatic pressure, and military attacks to bring Qaddafi down. The question was always how much time, how much blood, and what damage to NATO.” StatesTogetherUnitedUnited StatesBloodEconomicSecurityMilitaryPressureUnionsLeagueDamageCouncilSanctionsNatoDiplomaticSecurity CouncilEconomic SanctionsAfrican Union Author:Elliott Abrams
“Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee to change the constitution [of Egypt]. We cannot be liberated as women in a society built on class oppression or gender oppression or religious oppression.” SufferingReligiousClassMilitaryBuiltConstitutionGenderOppressionCommitteesEgyptCouncilLiberatedExcluded Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“We want to approach this in a multilateral way, talking with our friends, consulting with our security council colleagues in the United Nations, hoping to find a way to solve this peacefully, but at the same time recognising that unless the threat of military force is there, Iraq will not disarm.” WayWantForceNationsUnitedTalkingSecurityMilitaryApproachThreatIraqSolveColleaguesUnited NationsCouncilConsultingMilitary ForceSecurity Council Author:Colin Powell
“There have been times where, let's say on LGBT issues, when we were trying to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and I got the Pentagon and Bob Gates, a Republican holdover from the [George W.] Bush administration, to authorize a study of how you might end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, headed up by Jeh Johnson, who at that time was a council to the Justice Department. And it was going to take a year to conduct that study, issue a report, and figure out how it might be implemented, what effect it would have on unit cohesion and military effectiveness.” TryingYearsHas BeensEndsMightAsksJusticeStudyIssuesEffectsMilitaryFiguresRepublicanAdministrationDepartmentReportsLgbtGatesBobUnitsCouncilEffectivenessJohnsonPentagonCohesion Author:Barack Obama
“There is not a revolution that succe Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee to change the constitution.” SufferingMilitaryRevolutionConstitutionCommitteesCouncilExcludedSucces Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“I co-founded the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council in 2005.” MilitaryVeteranCouncilMilitary Family Author:Christine Pelosi
“No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. This is possible if influential countries bypass the United Nations and take military action without Security Council authorization.” IfsWantRealCountryActionSufferingNationsUnitedFateSecurityMilitaryLeagueUnited NationsCouncilInfluentialBypassSecurity CouncilMilitary ActionLeague Of Nations Author:Vladimir Putin