“At the same time I think it is absolutely necessary that there be no confusion, no misunderstanding that if the Iraqis.. do not comply, then there will be consequences and those consequences will involve the use of military force to disarm them through changing the regime.” IfsThinkingUseForceMilitaryConsequenceConfusionRegimesMisunderstandingMilitary Force Author:Colin Powell
“At a time when the threat of nuclear arms is again increasing, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to underline that this threat must be met through the broadest possible international cooperation. This principle finds its clearest expression today in the work of the IAEA and its Director General. In the nuclear non-proliferation regime, it is the IAEA which ensures that nuclear energy is not misused for military purposes, and the Director General has stood out as an unafraid advocate of new measures to strengthen that regime.” TodayPurposeEnergyWishPrinciplesMilitaryExpressionArmsMetsDirectorsThreatInternationalNuclearCooperationRegimesCommitteesNobelProliferationUnafraidMisusedNorwegiansNuclear EnergyNuclear ArmsInternational Cooperation Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“I'd just like to say "thank you" to President Bush and to the men and women of the US military, who by the New York Times' own admission took out a terror-sponsoring regime in Iraq that could have constructed a nuclear weapon within months, as soon as sanctions were lifted enough for them to obtain sufficient fissile material.” MenEnoughPresidentMilitaryNew YorkHe ManMaterialsMonthsWeaponsMen And WomenIraqTerrorNuclearSufficientRegimesNuclear WeaponsPresident BushSanctionsNew York TimesAdmissionSaying Thank YouUs Military Author:Charles Foster Johnson
“Military and absolutist regimes are undoubtedly well fitted to get the jump on an unsuspecting or unprepared enemy; but the history of modern warfare proves that they cannot win over representative governments in the long run, provided that people behind those governments have the heart to sustain initial punishment, and both the will and the resources to fight back.” PeopleWellsHeartLongGovernmentRunningFightingWinningBehindsEnemyModernMilitaryProveResourcesPunishmentRegimesRepresentativesLong RunsWarfareInitialsUnpreparedModern WarfareUnsuspectingRepresentative Government Book:History of United States Naval Operations in World War II Source: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
“With overwhelming military strength now deployed against him and with intense monitoring from space surveillance and the U.N. inspection team on the ground, any belligerent move by Saddam against a neighbor would be suicidal....If Iraq does possess such concealed weapons, as is quite likely, Saddam would use them only in the most extreme circumstances, in the face of an invasion of Iraq, when all hope of avoiding the destruction of his regime is lost.” IfsDoeUseWould BeFacesMovingLostSpaceTeamMilitaryCircumstancesWeaponsDestructionIraqExtremesNeighborIntenseOverwhelmingRegimesAvoidingSaddamSuicidalInvasionSurveillanceConcealedInspectionMonitoringConcealed Weapons Author:Jimmy Carter
“It's quite clear that Gore won most of the votes. I think the accurate description for them is a military plutocracy. Having lived and worked in the United States, I must add that I don't want to make too much of the distinction between the Bush regime and its predecessors. I don't see a great deal of difference.” ThinkingWantStatesDifferencesUnitedDealsUnited StatesClearToo MuchMilitaryVoteAddDistinctionDescriptionRegimesAccurateGorePredecessorsPlutocracy Author:John Pilger
“I personally am not a total pacifist. I do believe there is such a thing as a just war. I believe, for instance, the effort to destroy the Nazi regime militarily was justified military action.” BelieveWarActionI BelieveEffortMilitaryInstanceRegimesNaziJustifiedPacifistJust WarMilitary Action Author:Marianne Williamson
“Through my time in the military and my deployments, I have recognized the importance of having a Commander in Chief who will not only go after those who threaten the safety and security of the American people, but who will also exercise good judgment and foresight in stopping these failed interventionist wars of regime change that have cost our country so much in human lives, untold suffering, and trillions of dollars.” PeopleHumansWarCountrySufferingSecurityMilitaryExerciseCostJudgmentImportanceSafetyDollarsOur CountryChiefsHuman LifeMy TimeRegimesStoppingCommandersForesightCommander In ChiefDeploymentGood JudgmentSafety And SecurityRegime Change Author:Tulsi Gabbard
“The question's whether or not there's an American interest in the Civil War [in Syria]. The question is whether or not a military strike on [Bashar] Assad will cause him to be encouraged to use more weapons or discouraged. It's easy enough to say - and the president [Barack Obama] says though this will teach him a lesson - but his military strike is intended not to target him individually, not to bring about regime change.” WarEnoughUseCausesEasyPresidentInterestTeachMilitaryLessonsWeaponsStrikesBarackCivil WarTargetRegimesSyriaDiscouragedPresident Barack ObamaAssadBe EncouragedRegime Change Author:Rand Paul
“We call for a welcoming path to citizenship, an end to police violence, and a transformed foreign policy based on international law and human rights - not based on these policies of regime change and economic and military domination.” HumansEndsLawPathRightsViolenceEconomicMilitaryPolicyPoliceInternationalHuman RightsWelcomeRegimesTransformedForeign PolicyCitizenshipDominationInternational LawRegime ChangePolice Violence Author:Jill Stein
“The United States of America should be prepared to use military force to strike military targets of the Assad regime.” ShouldStatesUseAmericaForceUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryPreparedStrikesTargetRegimesUnited States Of AmericaBe PreparedAssadMilitary Force Author:Mike Pence
“If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding war, why we need to cut the military budget by 50%, why we need to bring back our troops scattered overseas, the police force of the world, in over a hundred countries, something like eight hundred bases, but who's counting, why we need to basically bring those troops home and why we need to stop this policy of regime change, these wars on terror, which only create more terror. This needs to be debated.” IfsWorldNeedsWarCountryProblemHomeForceTalkingCuttingMilitaryPolicyHundredBasesPoliceTerrorEightCampaignsDebateEndlessBudgetsRegimesTroopsExpandingCountingWar On TerrorOur TroopsPolice ForceRegime ChangeMilitary Budget Author:Jill Stein
“You don't help a country by supporting a military regime that denies any sign of democracy, and what defeated Pakistan was its military regime.” CountryHelpingDemocracyMilitaryDenyRegimesDefeatedPakistan Author:Indira Gandhi
“Photographs can be forms of recruitment, ways of bringing the viewer into the military, as it were. In this way, they prepare us for war, even enlist us in war, at the level of the senses, establishing a sensate regime of war.” WayWarFormLevelsMilitaryPhotographSensesRegimesViewersRecruitment Author:Judith Butler
“The military defeat of an oppressive regime is important, but it does not answer our problems. It is where our problems begin, since social change cannot be reduced to a military solution.” DoeImportantProblemSocialAnswersMilitarySolutionsDefeatRegimesSocial Change Author:Nigel Gibson
“I think the accurate description for the George W. Bush administration is a military plutocracy. Having lived and worked in the United States, I must add that I don't want to make too much of the distinction between the Bush regime and its predecessors. I don't see a great deal of difference.” ThinkingWantStatesDifferencesUnitedDealsUnited StatesToo MuchMilitaryAddAdministrationDistinctionDescriptionRegimesAccuratePredecessorsPlutocracy Author:John Pilger
“We know the potentiality of Nigeria and the talent and the resources and to see it having no effect on the lives of the people, on the infrastructure, the roads, the hospitals, the schools, seeing no effect of these talents, these recourses is very frustrating. But it is the result of the damage that was done to the country, especially during the various military regimes.” PeopleKnowsCountryDoneSchoolResultsSeeingEffectsTalentMilitaryResourcesVariousDamageHospitalsRegimesFrustratingInfrastructureNigeriaRecourse Author:Chinua Achebe
“In Burma, economic engagement enriches the regime, as the economy is controlled by the regime. Economic engagement benefits this elite, not ordinary people. The money is spent on the military, stolen by the elite.” PeopleEconomyEconomicMilitaryBenefitsOrdinaryControlledEngagementRegimesElitesStolenOrdinary PeopleBurma Author:Zoya Phan
“All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original.” ShouldReasonUseSecurityMilitaryOriginalsReason WhyRegimes Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“Soviet regime in a way deprived me from my childhood in my homeland, because my father was in military, and after the Yalta agreement he was sent to teach in military academy in Riga, and I was born then.” WayFatherBornTeachChildhoodMilitaryAgreementSovietRegimesDeprivedAcademyHomeland Author:Mikhail Baryshnikov
“Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake.” WorldMeanWould BeCoursesGoalMistakeLeaderMilitaryMissionsPursueRegimesBetter OffOther WorldsWorld LeaderLibyaRegime ChangeGaddafi Author:Barack Obama