“Of course, there were huge disagreements in the arguments of military intervention, .. There is no point at the moment on focusing on those disagreements.” MomentsCoursesMilitaryHugeArgumentInterventionNo PointDisagreementMilitary Intervention Author:Chris Patten
“Meanwhile, the U.S. debt remains, as it has been since 1790, a war debt; the United States continues to spend more on its military than do all other nations on earth put together, and military expenditures are not only the basis of the government's industrial policy; they also take up such a huge proportion of the budget that by many estimations, were it not for them, the United States would not run a deficit at all.” Has BeensWarStatesGovernmentRunningEarthTogetherNationsUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryPolicyHugeBasesRemainsDebtBudgetsProportionDeficitExpendituresEstimationBudget Deficit Author:David Graeber
“The pathos of it all is that the America which is to be protected by a huge military force is not the America of the people, but that of the privileged class.” PeopleAmericaForceClassUnited StatesMilitaryHugeProtectedPrivilegedMilitarismPathosMilitary Force Book:Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader Source: Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader
“I'm a military kid, both parents in the military - Mom did 12 years, Dad did 21, served in two wars. So discipline is something that was huge.” YearsTwoWarKidsParentMilitaryHugeMomDadDiscipline Author:Robert Griffin III
“You may be very mad at some guy that walked away with a huge golden parachute, but that really isn't the important thing. I mean, if Pearl Harbor came along, you could have said the planning was wrong by the military ahead of time or maybe the battleships shouldn't have all been in the harbor and all that kind of thing.” IfsKindMayMeanSaidImportantGuyMilitaryHugeImportant ThingsMadPlanningGoldenPearlsHarborsParachutesAhead Of Time Author:Howard Warren Buffett
“Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can complel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.” MayWisdomTogetherPeaceGoalFreedomAbilityLibertyKnowledgeSecurityMilitaryHugeDifficultyAdversityMethodDefensePeacefulFarewellMachineryUfoKnowledgeableKnowledge WisdomCitizenryMilitary Industrial ComplexFarewell AddressTake Nothing For GrantedSecurity And Liberty Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Antiwar protestors actually sabotaged and caused a huge amount of damage to military installations and military property during the war. I'm related to someone who caused some of that damage. I mean, it was real. I mean, there was a reason. I'm not defending it, but I'm saying it was not because they didn't like the politics of the protesters. The protesters were violent in a lot of cases.” MeanWarRealReasonCasesMilitaryHugeAmountPropertyViolentRelatedDamageAntiwarInstallation Author:Tucker Carlson
“Things can change if the military can do a paradigm shift and gets out of the shame and coverup cycle and be a leader in our culture. In the 50s, 60s and 70s there were huge race problems in the military even more severe than the culture at large. The military saw it was detrimental and it changed and became a model to society at large.” IfsProblemCultureCan DoRaceLeaderSawsMilitaryChangedHugeModelsShameCyclesSevereParadigmDetrimentalParadigm Shift Author:Amy Ziering
“The U.S. couldn't play a military role in different areas like Iraq and Afghanistan without huge quantities of oil. So a shortage or disruption in oil would not only damage the U.S. economy; it would undercut American military supremacy.” DifferentPlayRolesEconomyMilitaryHugeAreasIraqOilDamageAfghanistanQuantityDisruptionShortageSupremacyAmerican MilitaryUndercut Author:Michael Klare
“There is ...a huge tacit conspiracy between the U.S. government, its agencies and its multinational corporations, on the one hand, and local business and military cliques in the Third World, on the other, to assume complete control of these countries and "develop" them on a joint venture basis. The military leaders of the Third World were carefully nurtured by the U.S. security establishment to serve as the "enforcers" of this joint venture partnership, and they have been duly supplied with machine guns and the latest data on methods of interrogation of subversives.” WorldHas BeensCountryHandsGovernmentLeaderSecurityMilitaryHugeGunMachinesThirdsBasesMethodAssumingLocalsDataCorporationsAgencyEstablishmentConspiracyPartnershipVentureJointsThird WorldCliqueInterrogationMultinationalsMachine GunsTacitMilitary LeaderMultinational CorporationsJoint VenturesLocal Business Author:Edward S. Herman
“Never discount a country by their size or resources. What may not be useful to yours, could be greatly beneficial to other lands in need. Everything exists with a purpose. True wealth is what cannot be seen. While one country can have a huge powerful military, another land may lack the budget and manpower to compete with it -- but be filled with happy citizens.” NeedsMayCountryPurposeWealthPowerfulLandMilitaryHugeCitizensResourcesFilledSizeBudgetsBeneficialDiscountsTrue WealthManpower Author:Suzy Kassem
“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
“The Sunni Arabs began to realize that they had made a huge mistake by not voting in the election of 2005 and by not being part of the new Iraq. They had reasons for this: They were effected by the disestablishment of the military and by de-Baathification (the dismantling of Saddam Hussein's party) in winter 2007-2007. They increasingly recognized that their future lay in being part of the solution rather than a continuing part of the problem.” MadeReasonProblemRealizingPartyMistakeMilitaryHugeSolutionsElectionLaysWinterIraqVotingContinuingSaddamHusseinNot Voting Author:David Petraeus
“The military has a huge role in the economy [of Pakistan] with big stakes and, as you say, it has constantly intervened to make sure that it keeps its hold on policy making. Well, I hope, and there seem to be some signs, that the military is taking a backseat, not really in the economy, but in some of the policy issues. If that can continue, which perhaps it will, this will be a positive development.” IfsWellsBigsSeemsRolesEconomyIssuesMilitaryPolicyHugeDevelopmentStakesPakistanBackseatPolicy Making Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think anybody currently running for the presidency on the Republican side by default would be a huge improvement over Obama in every area, including foreign policy and the use of the military.” ThinkingUseWould BeRunningSidesMilitaryPolicyHugeRepublicanAreasIncludingImprovementForeign PolicyPresidencyDefault Author:Rush Limbaugh
“At the beginning of his administration, Reagan tried set the basis for American military intervention in El Salvador - which is about what Kennedy did when he came into office in regard to Vietnam. Well, when Kennedy tried it in Vietnam, it just worked like a dream. Virtually nobody opposed American bombing of South Vietnam in 1962. It was not an issue. But when Reagan began to talk of involving American forces in El Salvador there was a huge popular uproar. And he had to choose a much more indirect way of supporting the collection of gangsters in power there. He had to back off.” WayWellsDreamForceIssuesMilitaryHugeOfficeBasesRegardSouthAdministrationCollectionsVietnamInterventionInvolvingBombingGangstersIndirectAmerican MilitaryEl SalvadorMilitary Intervention Author:Noam Chomsky