“The military mind tends to be conservative, realistic and historical. The civilian mind tends to be liberal, idealistic and Utopian. Journalists, obviously, are civilians, and they tend to distrust, and to suspect, the military's motives.” MindMilitaryHistoricalConservativeJournalistMotiveSuspectsRealisticDistrustCiviliansUtopianIdealistic Author:Mark Riebling
“The academic mind can eat away the very basis of its own assurance ... produce contortions when it tries to bend over backward ... allow itself to be dismayed by the picture it has created of relentless historical process.” TryingMindWarProcessHistoryMilitaryProduceBasesHistoricalAcademicAssuranceRelentlessDismayed Author:Herbert Butterfield
“The leading, the most respected Vietnam historian, military historian Bernard Fall -he was a hawk incidentally, but he cared for the Vietnamese - he said it wasn't clear to him whether Vietnam could survive as a historical and cultural entity under the most massive attack that any region that size had ever suffered. He was talking about South Vietnam, incidentally.” SaidFallTalkingClearMilitaryHistoricalSouthSizeRegionsMassiveHistorianVietnamEntityHawksVietnamese Author:Noam Chomsky
“The U.S. military today garrisons the planet in a fashion without historical precedent. Successive administrations, regardless of party, justify and perpetuate this policy by insisting that positioning U.S. forces in distant lands fosters peace, stability, and security. In the present century, however, perpetuating this practice has visibly had the opposite effect. In the eyes of many of those called upon to "host" American bases, the permanent presence of such forces smacks of occupation. They resist. Why should U.S. policymakers expect otherwise?” EyeTodayPartySecurityMilitaryFashionPolicyHistoricalJustifyStabilityHostSmack Author:Andrew Bacevich
“Blood alone moves the wheels of history.” MovingBloodMilitaryHistoricalWheelsWorld War 2 Author:Martin Luther
“I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.” MenWarDreamYoungDiesPeaceViolenceMilitaryYouthBattleConflictEarsHistoricalSoldierYoung ManFedsOld ManAnti WarAntiwarWorld War ISenatorsPeace WarNo WarFed UpWorld War 1Just WarWar VeteranMilitary SoldierSoldiers At WarAnti War MovementWars And BattlesBlind Acceptance Author:George McGovern