“It is thus more potent, as well as more economical, to disarm the enemy than to attempt his destruction by hard fighting ... A strategist should think in terms of paralysing, not of killing.” ThinkingShouldWellsHardFightingTermEnemyMilitaryDestructionKillingStrategist Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“War means fighting, and fighting means killing.” MeanWarFightingMilitaryKillingCivil WarAmerican Civil War Author:Nathan Bedford Forrest
“The US military has achieved a decisive blow against al-Qaeda with its commando action against Osama Bin Laden and his killing.” ActionMilitaryKillingBlowAlsBin LadenAl QaedaOsama Bin LadenUs MilitaryCommandos Author:Angela Merkel
“The drones are really interesting - how have the troops withdrawn from Afghanistan? Because we've upped the drone strikes and most of the country doesn't even really know what that means or who we're killing or... it's such a new weapon that we don't know what the long term impacts of that kind of military action is going to be.” KnowsKindMeanLongCountryActionTermInterestingMilitaryWeaponsImpactKillingStrikesLong TermAfghanistanTroopsReally InterestingDronesMilitary Action Author:Ethan Hawke
“If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?” IfsMenWarDeathEvilPeaceNaturalViolenceMilitaryTrainingKilling Author:Joan Baez
“While I was thinking about that, the military, I read a book called On Killing, about the obstacles people have to pulling the trigger in combat. So sometimes you just absorb all this stuff without realizing you were doing research.” PeopleThinkingBookSometimesStuffRealizingMilitaryResearchKillingObstaclesCombatPullingTriggersPulling The Trigger Author:Charlie Brooker
“We need to look at [Osama bin Laden killing ] as a great victory for the American military and intelligence personnel and for the American people. A lot of bravery and courage displayed by those folks on behalf of all of us. It's also a good day for the administration. I think President [Barack] Obama and his national security team acted on the intelligence when it came in, and they deserve a lot of credit, too.” PeopleThinkingNeedsLooksPresidentTeamSecurityMilitaryVictoryDeserveBraveryKillingFolksCreditAdministrationBarackNational SecurityBehalfGood DayBin LadenPresident Barack ObamaOsama Bin LadenPersonnelBravery And CourageAmerican MilitaryGreat Victory Author:Sarah Palin
“The more we try to fix the security situation, the more we will drive these people, particularly the Pashtun, into implacable opposition. And whether the military solution is more bombing from Predators or from F-16s or more special forces on the ground, you know, attacking villages and inadvertently killing lots of civilians, it doesn't matter. As long as security comes first, the mission will fail because these people are sick and tired of a government that's oppressing them and a foreigner who's killing them.” PeopleTryingLongSituationFailingSpecialSecurityMilitarySolutionsSickTiredKillingPredator Author:Pierre Sprey