“It may sound terrible, but I often say that the military saved me from a conventional life in the United States and I've never really thanked them for it, because I haven't exactly been pro-military in my work.” MayStatesSoundUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryHavensTerribleSavedConventionalConventional Life Author:Robert Jay Lifton
“Of course, ISIS is a terrible organization that has to be defeated. And, of course, we need a strong military. But just as with every other agency of government, you know what, the military also has got to get rid of waste and fraud and cost overruns.” KnowsNeedsGovernmentCoursesStrongMilitaryTerribleCostWasteOrganizationAgencyFraudDefeatedIsis Author:Hillary Clinton
“Together, we can make ourselves a nation that spends more on books than on bombs, more on hospitals than the terrible tools of war, more on decent houses than military aircraft.” BookWarTogetherHouseNationsMilitaryTerribleToolsDecentBombsHospitalsAircraftTogether We Can Book:The Gospel According to RFK: Why it Matters Now Source: The Gospel According to RFK: Why it Matters Now
“Of course, individuals are responsible for individual actions - the pilots who flew over Pearl Harbor and dropped bombs on those ships did a terrible thing as part of an attack on a military base.” ActionCoursesIndividualMilitaryTerribleResponsibleShipsBombsPilotsPearlsTerrible ThingsHarborsFlew Author:Nicholson Baker
“I had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and the Taliban. I have had such dreams since the launch of the military operation in Swat. My mother made me breakfast and I went off to school. I was afraid going to school because the Taliban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending schools.” MadeDreamSchoolMotherGirlMilitaryTerribleYesterdayOperationsBreakfastTalibanAttendingHelicoptersMilitary Operations Author:Malala Yousafzai
“As a matter of fact, although we had some terrible challenges and temptations when I was in office, we never dropped a bomb... we never launched a missile... and we never fired a bullet. I think that one of the main requirements for a strong military, like a strong submarine force, is to prevent war, not to cause war.” ThinkingWarMatterFactsStrongForceCausesChallengesMilitaryTerribleOfficeTemptationBombsBulletsRequirementsMissilesMatter Of FactSubmarines Author:Jimmy Carter
“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
“Barack Obama's a terrible commander-in-chief. He is gutting our military. It's not an exaggeration.” MilitaryTerribleChiefsBarackCommandersExaggerationCommander In Chief Author:Marco Rubio
“I'm not a doctor, nor am I a member of the military. What I am is an appreciative, concerned American citizen, who was horrified when I heard about the horrendous rates of suicide (22 per day) and PTSD/TBI within our military. As such, I felt compelled to reach out to anyone who cared to listen, to try to help with this terrible situation. This is not just life and death - it is life and death for those who defend our freedom.” TryingHelpingFeltSituationHeardMilitaryCitizensTerribleMembersConcernedDoctorsSuicideRateLife And DeathReach OutPtsdCompelledAmerican CitizensAppreciative Author:Ken Wahl
“One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing of wounded soldiers and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and bloody conflict.” WarEffectsMilitaryHigherTerribleLessonsConflictNegativeSoldierIraqVietnamBloodyWoundedVietnam WarCoffinsBannedDepictionLesson LearnedWounded Soldier Author:Walter Dean Myers