“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
“I'm so thankful a significant majority of Americans are saying no to military intervention. We've got to find a solution that will in the end be one that makes Syria a better country, a better people. We can be human only together.” PeopleHumansEndsCountryTogetherMilitarySolutionsMajoritySignificantSyriaInterventionSaying NoMilitary Intervention Author:Desmond Tutu
“Normally, what happens when we have a national leader who wants to do something in terms of military intervention, he tells the Pentagon, put together some options to accomplish goal.” WantHappensTogetherGoalTermLeaderMilitaryAccomplishInterventionPentagonMilitary Intervention Author:Jack Keane
“As a Korean War Veteran I know too well the troubling nature of war. This is why I will always support a diplomatic answer before military intervention.” KnowsWellsWarAnswersSupportMilitaryVeteranInterventionKoreanDiplomaticKorean WarWar VeteranMilitary Intervention Author:Charles Rangel
“In the minds of many Western politicians, military interventions and air strikes appear to have become legitimate policy tools since the NATO attacks on Yugoslavia during the 1990s. That's how they intend to bring everyone into line who don't share the Western view of democratization of society and the liberalization of the economy. But there is no future for that kind of globalization.” MindKindLinesViewsEconomyAirShareMilitaryPolicyPoliticianToolsWesternStrikesGlobalizationInterventionNatoDemocratizationYugoslaviaMilitary Intervention Author:Vladimir Yakunin
“I don't believe that military intervention is always the right approach. What we need is a comprehensive strategy, one that advances democratization, economic reforms and equal rights for women.” NeedsBelieveRightsEconomicMilitaryEqualApproachStrategyDon't BelieveReformInterventionEqual RightsComprehensiveDemocratizationMilitary InterventionEconomic Reforms Author:Zalmay Khalilzad
“This is the true lesson of our history: war, preparation for war, and foreign military interventions have served for the most part not to protect us, as we are constantly told, but rather to sap our economic vitality and undermine our civil and economic liberties.” WarLibertyEconomicMilitaryLessonsProtectPreparationVitalityInterventionSapMilitary Intervention Author:Robert Higgs
“I'm totally changed. I've been emancipated from all this Republican dogma. Whether it's being anti-immigration, being-anti gay, being militaristic and wanting to engage in all these military interventions across the planet. That's all absurd.” MilitaryChangedPlanetsRepublicanGayImmigrationAbsurdDogmaInterventionAnti GayMilitary Intervention Author:Thomas Ravenel
“Looking more deeply at the emergence of ISIS or the chaos that exists in Syria, Yemen and Libya would clearly raise crucial doubts about reliance on military intervention and drone warfare as adequate counterterrorist responses and would call attention to the detrimental effects of US "special relationships" with Israel and Saudi Arabia.” AttentionDoubtSpecialEffectsMilitaryRaisesResponseChaosIsraelCrucialWarfareSyriaAdequateInterventionRelianceIsisArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisEmergenceDronesLibyaDetrimentalYemenSpecial RelationshipMilitary Intervention Author:Richard A. Falk
“The fact is that there was a long war in which Serbia and its capital Belgrade were bombarded and attacked with missiles. It was a military intervention of the West and NATO against the then rump Yugoslavia.” LongWarFactsMilitaryWestInterventionMissilesNatoSerbiaYugoslaviaBombardedMilitary InterventionBelgrade Author:Vladimir Putin
“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
“I'm so thankful a significant majority of Americans are saying no to military intervention. We've got to find a solution that will in the end be one that makes Syria a better country, a better people.” PeopleEndsCountryMilitarySolutionsMajoritySignificantSyriaInterventionSaying NoMilitary Intervention Author:Desmond Tutu
“My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.” ShouldFeelingsLastsMilitaryScalesResortsInterventionBloodshedLarge ScaleMilitary Intervention Author:Samantha Power