“Democracy entails a correlation between the public interest as expressed by a majority of the population and the governmental policies that affect them. The term encompasses various manifestations, including direct, participatory and representative democracy, but Governments must be responsive to people and not to special interests such as the military-industrial complex, financial bankers and transnational corporations. Democracy is inclusive and does not privilege an anthropological aristocracy.” PeopleDoeGovernmentTermInterestDemocracySpecialMilitaryPolicyDirectMajorityComplexesIncludingFinancialPrivilegePopulationVariousCorporationsManifestationRepresentativesBankersAristocracySpecial InterestsCorrelationPublic InterestMilitary Industrial ComplexTransnational Corporations Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“Personal prudence, even when dictated by quite other than selfish considerations, surely is no special virtue in a military man; while an excessive love of glory, impassioning a less burning impulse, the honest sense of duty, is the first.” MenFirstsVirtueSpecialHonestMilitaryDutyGlorySelfishBurningImpulseConsiderationPrudenceMilitary ManExcessive Love Book:Billy Budd Source: Billy Budd
“The authorization I propose would provide the flexibility to conduct ground combat operations in other more limited circumstances, such as rescue operations involving U.S. or coalition personnel or the use of special operations forces to take military action against ISIL leadership, it would also authorize the use of U.S. forces in situations where ground combat operations are not expected or intended, such as intelligence collection and sharing, missions to enable kinetic strikes or the provision of operational planning and other forms of advice and assistance to partner forces.” UseActionFormForceLeadershipSituationSpecialAdviceMilitaryCircumstancesMissionsExpectedStrikesPartnersPlanningOperationsCollectionsCombatRescueAssistanceFlexibilityProposeProvisionInvolvingCoalitionsPersonnelIsilMilitary ActionSpecial Operations Author:Barack Obama
“Tanks are new and special weapon-newer than, as special, and certainly as valuable as the airplane.” WarSpecialMilitaryWeaponsValuableAirplaneTanks Author:George S. Patton
“Who says I am not under the special protection of God?” SpecialMilitaryProtectionDictatorNazi Author:Adolf Hitler
“If you look at all the lobbyists in Washington, this is not a democracy. This is ruled by special interest groups. That includes the military, the pharmaceutical industry, the people who produce mechanized debt, GMO foods. We are prisoners.” PeopleIfsLooksInterestDemocracyGroupsSpecialMilitaryProduceIndustryDebtPrisonerSpecial InterestsLobbyistsPharmaceuticalInterest GroupsGmosPharmaceutical IndustrySpecial Interest GroupsGmo Foods Author:Deepak Chopra
“I'm not sure I want to sound like a candidate. I just want to sound like an American who's trying to make this country a heck of a lot stronger. Not a politician typical, but somebody that's going to go and do the job, not pay attention to all the special interest groups, change the status quo, shift power out of Washington and get America on the track again with strengthening our military as well.” WantTryingWellsCountryJobsAmericaSoundInterestChangePayAttentionGroupsSpecialMilitaryStrengthPoliticianStrongerTrackPay AttentionNot SureCandidatesTypicalStatus QuoSpecial InterestsInterest GroupsSpecial Interest Groups Author:John Kasich
“It cannot be an American fight. And I think what the president [Barack Obama] has consistently said - which I agree with - is that we will support those who take the fight to ISIS. That is why we have troops in Iraq that are helping to train and build back up the Iraqi military, why we have special operators in Syria working with the Kurds and Arabs, so that we can be supportive.” ThinkingSaidHelpingFightingPresidentSupportSpecialMilitaryAgreeTrainIraqBarackTroopsConsistentlySyriaSupportiveIsisPresident Barack ObamaOperatorsKurdsTroops In Iraq Author:Hillary Clinton
“I would let the military commanders give the commander in chief options rather than tell them what you want to hear. Not having gotten those options, I can't tell you if we are going to have boots on the ground but certainly, a more expanded role for the special operators would be essential. And being more effective in strikes as it is relates to the air.” IfsWantGivingI CanWould BeRolesAirSpecialMilitaryEssentialsStrikesWhat You WantChiefsRelateBootsCommandersCommander In ChiefOperators Author:Jeb Bush
“You bomb ISIL. You're not trying to bomb innocent people. And that requires intelligence and confidence in our military to be able to develop the kinds of targets that we need. We're already doing Special Forces, who are going to help us gather that intelligence and help advise and assist and train local forces so that they can go after ISIL in areas like Raqqah and Mosul.” PeopleNeedsTryingKindHelpingAbleForceSpecialMilitaryAreasTrainLocalsInnocentBombsTargetAdviseIsilSpecial Forces Author:Barack Obama
“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
“We do have special forces, we do have trainers, we do have the military personnel who are helping with the airstrikes that the United States is leading so that we can try to take out ISIS infrastructure, take out their leadership.” TryingStatesHelpingForceUnitedUnited StatesSpecialMilitaryInfrastructureIsisTrainersPersonnelSpecial ForcesMilitary Personnel Author:Hillary Clinton
“Our job is to provide coalition the military equipment that they need; the air support they need; special forces when appropriate. But at the end of the day for a dozen different reasons, not the least of which is that ISIS would like American combat troops on the ground so they could reach out to the Muslim world and say, "Look, we're taking on those terrible Americans."” WorldNeedsLooksDifferentEndsReasonJobsForceSupportAirSpecialMilitaryTerribleThe End Of The DayAppropriateCombatDozenReach OutTroopsEquipmentIsisCoalitionsMuslim WorldSpecial ForcesMilitary Equipment Author:Bernie Sanders
“I think we are making progress, but we have long way to go. People also have got to understand the agenda that we are fighting for. This is a senator who has taken on every powerful special interest, whether it's Wall Street, whether it's drug companies who are ripping off the American people, the military industrial complex.” PeopleThinkingWayLongFightingInterestPowerfulCompanyTakenProgressStreetsSpecialMilitaryWallDrugComplexesAgendasSenatorsLong WayVery PowerfulSpecial InterestsMilitary Industrial ComplexLong Way To GoDrug Companies Author:Bernie Sanders
“I messed up on the Vietnam Special, because I gave it to civilians? Only military men can handle that.” MenSpecialMilitaryHandleVietnamCiviliansMessed UpMilitary Man Author:Si Robertson
“To seduce the enemies soldiers from their allegiance and encourage them to surrender is of special service, for an adversary is more hurt by desertion than by slaughter.” HurtEnemySpecialMilitarySoldierSurrenderAdversariesAllegianceSlaughterSeducingDesertion Author:Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
“I think military is a very special thing.” ThinkingSpecialMilitarySpecial Things Author:Donald Trump
“Whenever I deal with children or the military, that becomes special to me.” ChildrenDealsSpecialMilitarySpecial To Me Author:Robert Irvine
“I feel a special kinship with our military personnel, veterans, and their families. After all, two of my decisions sent them into harm's way.” WayFeelsTwoDecisionSpecialMilitaryHarmVeteranKinshipPersonnelMilitary Personnel Author:George W. Bush
“I feel a special kinship for our military. Because, unfortunately, I became a wartime president. And committed our military in the defense of our country to difficult assignments. I tell people all the time, I don't miss much about being president; I do miss looking in the eyes of people who volunteered to serve. And so not only do I feel a kinship, I feel an obligation and a duty to help.” PeopleFeelsCountryHelpingEyeDifficultPresidentSpecialMilitaryMissingDutyCommittedDefenseObligationOur CountryAssignmentsKinshipWartime Author:George W. Bush
“What you're gonna hear Jim Harbaugh say, many in this country are getting their backs up filled with rage and anger and disbelief, and they are threatened by this. Harbaugh believes in toughness in men, he believes in toughness in America, he believes in toughness in American men. You damn well want it in your Special Forces, gang. You want it with the Navy SEALs. You want it all over the United States military. You want manliness, you want toughness, you want bravery, you want courage.” MenWantBelieveWellsCountryStatesAmericaForceUnitedUnited StatesSpecialMilitaryBraveryFilledRageDamnThreatenedNavyGangDisbeliefSealsToughnessManlinessSpecial ForcesUnited States MilitaryNavy SealRage And Anger Author:Rush Limbaugh
“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