“How many things apparently impossible have nevertheless been performed by resolute men who had no alternative but death.” MenWarImpossibleMilitaryAlternativesNeverthelessResolute Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“For us military men, it is impossible to forget.” MenForgetImpossibleMilitaryUs MilitaryMilitary ManImpossible To Forget Author:Andrei Grechko
“These missiles [Cruise and Pershing II] represent a new generation of missiles whose deployment will help give NATO first-strike capability. With this first-strike strategy, the West believes it could attack Russian military installations with such effectiveness that serious retaliation would be impossible.” GivingFirstsBelieveWarHelpingWould BePeaceImpossibleGenerationsMilitarySeriousStrategyWestStrikesCapabilityEffectivenessMissilesNew GenerationNatoCruiseDeploymentRetaliationInstallationRussian Military Author:Petra Kelly
“The transformation of the impossible into reality is always the mark of a demonic will. The only way to recognize a military genius is by the fact that, during the war, he will mock the rules of warfare and will employ creative improvisation instead of tested methods and he will do so at the right moment.” WayWarMomentsFactsRealityCreativityCreativeImpossibleMilitaryGeniusVictoryMarkTransformationMethodWarfareTestedImprovisationMockDemonicRight Moment Author:Stefan Zweig
“In Latin America, in the past, it was almost impossible to guarantee democracy. There were military dictatorships, and nowadays there are not so many military dictatorships. Although we have a dictator in Honduras, as a result of a coup, now as a president, he is almost the only one I would say. But again led or managed, gestated by the U.S. government.” GovernmentAmericaPastPresidentResultsDemocracyImpossibleMilitaryGuaranteesLatinDictatorshipDictatorLatin AmericaCoupsHonduras Author:Evo Morales
“[I]t's impossible to evade the fact that Endless War will inevitably degrade the citizenry of the country that engages in it. A country which venerates its military above all other institutions, which demands that its soldiers be spoken of only with religious-like worship, and which continuously indoctrinates its population to believe that endless violence against numerous countries is necessary and just - all by instilling intense fear of the minorities who are the target of that endless violence - will be a country filled with citizens convinced of the virtues and nobility of aggression.” BelieveWarCountryFactsReligiousVirtueViolenceImpossibleMilitaryCitizensDemandWorshipInstitutionsFilledSoldierPopulationConvincedEndlessIntenseMinoritiesTargetAggressionNobilityDegradeCitizenryEndless War Author:Glenn Greenwald
“Changing an economic system that is bent on uncontrolled and poorly measured economic growth and depends on fossil energy for its main objectives, is much more difficult than changing how nuclear energy is used for military purposes. Some think it may be impossible.” ThinkingMayUsedPurposeEnergyDifficultGrowthImpossibleEconomicMilitaryDependsNuclearObjectivesBentFossilsEconomic GrowthEconomic SystemsNuclear Energy Author:Graciela Chichilnisky
“The Bush administration has created an unimaginable catastrophe in Iraq. This should've been one of the easiest military occupations in history and they succeeded in turning it into one of the worst military disasters in history. They can't control it and it's almost impossible for them to get out for reasons you can't discuss in the United States because to discuss the reasons why they can't get out would be to concede the reasons why they invaded.” ShouldStatesReasonWould BeUnitedUnited StatesImpossibleWorstMilitaryIraqDisasterAdministrationReason WhyOccupationCatastropheUnimaginable Author:Noam Chomsky