“It is no longer a question of controlling a military-industrial complex, but rather, of keeping the United States from becoming a totally military culture.” StatesCultureUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryBecomingComplexesMilitary Industrial Complex Author:Jerome Wiesner
“United States has comparative advantage in military force. It tends to react to anything at first with military force, that's what it's good at. And I think they overdid it. There was more military force than was necessary.” ThinkingFirstsStatesForceUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryAdvantageMilitary ForceComparative Advantage Author:Noam Chomsky
“The world spends two trillion dollars a year on military, and of that two trillion the United States spends one trillion. We have a bigger military than the rest of the world put together. We have 150 foreign military bases.” WorldYearsTwoStatesTogetherUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryBasesBiggerDollarsMilitary Bases Author:Bill Ayers
“The cost of an on-site inspection team would be minuscule compared to war, Saddam would have no choice except to comply, the results would be certain, military and civilian casualties would be avoided, there would be almost unanimous worldwide support, and the United States could regain its leadership in combating the real threat of international terrorism.” WarRealStatesWould BeCertainChoicesUnitedResultsUnited StatesSupportTeamMilitaryCostThreatInternationalTerrorismSiteSaddamAvoidedCiviliansCasualtiesInspectionInternational TerrorismCivilian Casualties Author:Jimmy Carter
“The United States is a violent military state. It's been involved in military action all over the place.” StatesActionUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryInvolvedViolentMilitary Action Author:Noam Chomsky
“I've already heard from some military commanders who feel they've been undercut by the vice president of the United States, and there's a lot of justification for their view.” FeelsStatesPresidentUnitedViewsUnited StatesHeardMilitaryVicesJustificationCommandersVice PresidentUndercut Author:John McCain
“I'll tell you what they're all going to face, whichever one of them becomes president on January 21st of 2009. They will face a military force - a United States military force that cannot sustain - continually sustain 140,000 people deployed in Iraq and the 20-odd or 25,000 people we have deployed in Afghanistan and our other deployments.” PeopleStatesFacesForcePresidentUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryIraqAfghanistanDeploymentMilitary ForceUnited States Military Author:Colin Powell
“Being an American journalist can put people on the defensive. In countries where people assume the press is partisan, like in Lebanon, or where it had essentially become an extension of the government, like in Iraq, people tend to see a journalist as an agent of his or her government. That can be dangerous if the United States military is occupying their country, or aligned with their enemies.” PeopleIfsCountryStatesGovernmentUnitedEnemyUnited StatesMilitaryDangerousPressesAssumingIraqAgentsJournalistExtensionsPartisansLebanonUnited States Military Author:Annia Ciezadlo
“Clearly the American military has been a force for good for the United States. There's a reason we have a standing military. But there's something to be said for having a much smaller military because then we wouldn't be tempted to get involved in things we shouldn't be getting involved in.” Has BeensSaidStatesReasonForceUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryInvolvedStandingTemptedGet InvolvedAmerican Military Author:Michael Hastings
“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
“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
“I don't believe in the theory that the United States is reducing its presence in the Middle East. Quite the contrary, in the Gulf, we see an increase in American military presence, as well as an increase in American investments. The argument is more accurate when one says America is focusing more attention to the Far East. But I don't believe it comes at the expense of the Middle East.” BelieveWellsStatesAmericaUnitedAttentionUnited StatesMiddleMilitaryTheoryArgumentIncreaseInvestmentDon't BelieveEastContraryExpensesMiddle EastAccurateReducingAmerican MilitaryMilitary Presence Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“In terms of my own plans, I anticipate supporting one of the three, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio or John Kasich as our nominee. If they don't become the nominee, then I'm probably going to go to the voting booth and find someone else who's running as a conservative or perhaps just write in the name of someone I believe should become the president of the United States, who I could be proud of and who I believe is interested in balancing the budget, keeping America safe with a strong military, and is not willing to disparage fellow Americans, Mexican-Americans, Muslims, and so forth.” IfsShouldWritingBelieveStatesRunningAmericaThreeNamesStrongI BelievePresidentTermMy OwnUnitedUnited StatesPlansMilitaryWillingProudSafeFellowsConservativeBudgetsVotingBe ProudMexicanAnticipateCruzMarcosMexican American Author:Mitt Romney
“The United States found dozens of billions of dollars for military action in Iraq, so it should certainly be able to find a few billions of dollars to get rid of weapons of mass destruction. I'll assume that since the most powerful nation - the United States - has promised to pay for much of this, then its word will be kept. If it isn't, I don't think we can have a true partnership.” IfsThinkingShouldStatesAbleActionFoundNationsUnitedPowerfulPayUnited StatesMilitaryWeaponsMassDestructionDollarsAssumingIraqBillionsMost PowerfulDozenPartnershipWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionMilitary Action Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“One of the reasons why this country undertook military action in Iraq was that there are quite a few problems here, and perhaps attention needed to be deflected from those problems. It sometimes seems that the U.S. economy works successfully only if it gets a stimulus from the defense industry. So perhaps in addition to showing the power and the might of the United States internationally, another reason was to help the defense industry and to help the U.S. economy recover.” IfsCountrySometimesStatesReasonHelpingProblemSeemsMightActionUnitedAttentionUnited StatesEconomyMilitaryIndustryNeededIraqDefenseReason WhyStimulusMilitary Action Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“We want to approach this in a multilateral way, talking with our friends, consulting with our security council colleagues in the United Nations, hoping to find a way to solve this peacefully, but at the same time recognising that unless the threat of military force is there, Iraq will not disarm.” WayWantForceNationsUnitedTalkingSecurityMilitaryApproachThreatIraqSolveColleaguesUnited NationsCouncilConsultingMilitary ForceSecurity Council Author:Colin Powell
“We can't discount how scary and shaken not just the Turkish government is, but Turkish society is. Imagine if you had some rump group of military officials here in the United States who started flying off with F-16s or other artillery and were taking shots at government buildings, and people were killed and injured. People would be scared and rightfully so.” PeopleIfsStatesGovernmentWould BeUnitedUnited StatesImagineGroupsMilitaryBuildingShotsScaredScaryFlyingOfficialsInjuredTurkishDiscountsArtillery Author:Barack Obama
“I think that we're always gonna be in a position as Republicans and as conservatives where we gotta be willing to stand up for our conservative values. And certainly, you know, at the top of that list is a strong national defense, the importance of a United States military that is superior to all others in the world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldStatesValuesStrongUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryPositionWillingRepublicanImportanceConservativeDefenseListsSuperiorsNational DefenseConservative ValuesUnited States Military Author:Liz Cheney
“In my opinion, provision of military support to illegal structures runs counter to the principles of modern international law and the United Nations Charter.” RunningLawNationsUnitedOpinionPrinciplesSupportModernMilitaryStructureInternationalIllegalUnited NationsProvisionCharterInternational Law Author:Vladimir Putin
“I do believe that the United Nations needs to have more exacting, more enhanced professional standards for the military peacekeepers that are deployed.” NeedsBelieveNationsUnitedMilitaryStandardsUnited NationsPeacekeepers Author:Alex J. Morrison
“The US presidency will continue to represent the major power groups of the United States - big business and the military - regardless of who the talking head is.” StatesBigsUnitedTalkingUnited StatesGroupsMilitaryMajorsPresidencyBig BusinessTalking Heads Author:Julian Assange
“I am so proud to be running with another strong history-making woman, Hillary Clinton, to be president of the United States. I'm proud because her vision of stronger together, building an economy that works for all, not just those at the top, being safe in the world, not only with a strong military, but also strong alliances to battle terrorism and climate change, and also to build a community of respect, just like Barbara Johns tried to do 65 years ago. That's why I'm so proud to be her running mate.” WorldYearsStatesRunningTogetherStrongPresidentCommunityUnitedVisionUnited StatesEconomyMilitaryBuildingProudBattleSafeYears AgoStrongerClintonClimateClimate ChangeTerrorismMatesAlliancesBarbaraStronger TogetherHistory Making Author:Tim Kaine
“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
“In the United States, rising esteem for the military in uniform corresponds to the growing militarization of the society as a whole. All of this despite repeated revelations of the illegality and immorality of the military's own incarceration systems, from Guantanamo to Abu Ghraib, whose systematic practices border on if not actually constitute torture.” IfsStatesWholeUnitedPracticeUnited StatesGrowingMilitaryEsteemDespiteBordersTortureRisingRevelationsUniformsSystematicImmoralityIncarcerationGuantanamoAbu Ghraib Author:Michael Hardt
“Our military has been so badly depleted. Who would think the United States is raiding plane graveyards to pick up parts and equipment? That means they're being held together by a shoestring. Other countries have brand-new stuff they have bought from us. It's insane.” ThinkingMeanHas BeensCountryStatesTogetherStuffUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryPicksInsaneBrandsPlanesOther CountriesEquipmentGraveyardBrand NewNew StuffRaiding Author:Donald Trump
“The United States is alone among all the countries in that it does not permit US military forces to be under any threat. Other countries are willing to have forces in peace-keeping operations where they sometimes are under threat, but the US is not willing to do that.” DoeCountrySometimesStatesForceUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryWillingThreatOperationsPermitOther CountriesMilitary ForceUs Military Author:Noam Chomsky
“What we need to do is ensure that we don't create an environment that puts us on a track conceivably where the United States military finds itself in a civil military crisis with a commander in chief who would have us do illegal things.” NeedsStatesUnitedUnited StatesEnvironmentMilitaryCrisisTrackChiefsIllegalCommandersCommander In ChiefUnited States MilitaryIllegal Things Author:John R. Allen
“On January 20, 2017, Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, and he will be given the nuclear codes and the power to launch the U.S. nuclear arsenal, which is comprised of some 7,000 nuclear weapons. A military officer will always be close to Trump, carrying the nuclear codes in a briefcase known as the "football."” StatesGivenPresidentUnitedKnownUnited StatesMilitaryFootballTrumpWeaponsNuclearCodeOfficersNuclear WeaponsJanuaryArsenalBriefcases Author:David Krieger
“There had been a free and open election in Haiti in the early 1990s and president Jean-Bertrand Aristide won, a populist priest. A few months later came the expected military coup - a very vicious military junta took over, of which the United States was passively supportive. Not openly, of course, but Haitians started to flee from the terror and were sent back and on towards Guantanamo Bay. Of course, that is against International Law. But the United States pretended that they were "economic refugees."” StatesLawCoursesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesEconomicMilitaryMonthsElectionInternationalTerrorExpectedPriestsRefugeeSupportiveViciousHaitiInternational LawPopulistCoupsGuantanamoGuantanamo Bay Author:Noam Chomsky
“The budget for nuclear forces in the United States is on the order of $25 billion or so. That includes warheads, delivery systems, command and control; does not include environmental clean-up, which is another maybe $10 billion or so. So that's about 5% of the U.S. military budget.” DoeStatesOrderForceUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryCleanEnvironmentalNuclearBillionsCommandBudgetsDeliveryMilitary BudgetCommand And Control Author:John Burroughs
“One of the great things about the United States is that when it comes to world affairs, the president obviously is the leader of the Executive Branch, the Commander-in-Chief, the spokesperson for the nation, but the influence and the work that we have is the result not just of the president, it is the result of countless interactions and arrangements and relationships between our military and other militaries, and our diplomats and other diplomats, the intelligence officers and development workers.” WorldStatesNationsPresidentUnitedResultsLeaderUnited StatesInfluenceMilitaryDevelopmentWorkersAffairGreat ThingsChiefsBranchesExecutivesOfficersInteractionArrangementsCommandersDiplomatsCommander In ChiefExecutive BranchWorld AffairsIntelligence Officers Author:Barack Obama
“The sole relief I am asking for is to be released from military prison after serving six years of confinement as a person who did not intend to harm the interests of the United States or harm any service members.” YearsPersonsStatesInterestUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryMembersSixAskingPrisonHarmReliefServingSoleConfinement Author:Chelsea Manning
“I think it's more likely that we can make positive changes happen on environment and military issues if states begin to secede. I don't think it's question of personal lifestyle preference or some sort of parochial identification with your state. I think it's an absolute moral demand that something be done to create a government with some power that can be controlled by the residents of its territory. That was supposedly the idea in creating the United States, but it doesn't exist now and we have to make it exist even if it's piece by piece, part of the United States at a time.” IfsThinkingIdeasStatesDoneGovernmentHappensUnitedMoralUnited StatesIssuesEnvironmentPiecesMilitaryDemandCreatingAbsolutesLifestyleControlledTerritoryPersonal LifePreferenceIdentificationResidentsPositive Change Author:David Swanson
“The idea of a permanent U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, as opposed to an economic presence, is going to create a new wave of hostility toward the United States.” IdeasStatesUnitedUnited StatesEconomicMilitaryWavePermanentAfghanistanHostilityMilitary Presence Author:Ahmed Rashid
“There hasn't been a military force like the United States of America in the history of the world.” WorldStatesAmericaForceUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryUnited States Of AmericaWorld HistoryMilitary Force Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think that [Obama] sees the military actually as something that is more dangerous to the world. I think that he looks at the United States military and sees it as a threatening application around the world than actually as a useful tool.” ThinkingWorldLooksStatesUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryDangerousToolsAround The WorldApplicationThreateningUnited States Military Author:Michael T. Flynn
“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
“There's been a systematic propagandizing of American citizens for 30 years to make us forget what America is supposed to be and what our rights are and what our system is and what our core principles are. And one of them since 1807 has been this right that the founding generation put in place, to make sure that military troops would never, ever, ever be deployed in the United States of America for civilian policing.” YearsHas BeensStatesAmericaForgetUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesRightsGenerationsMilitaryCitizensCoreSupposed To BeTroopsUnited States Of AmericaFoundingCiviliansSystematicAmerican Citizens Author:Naomi Wolf
“80 percent of the export of armament in the world comes from the G8 countries. [The] United States alone exports about 50 percent of the world's armament, [for] which, of course, there has to be buyers, and the buyers are very terribly keen, very often military dictator[s] or sometimes not military dictator[s] but for military purposes. But the sellers are also promoting this trade. And two thirds of the arm exports go to developing countries. I'm in favor of putting a control on it, a ban on it.” WorldTwoCountrySometimesStatesPurposeCoursesUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryArmsPercentThirdsTradeFavorsDevelopingDictatorPromotingBansSellersBuyersArmamentDeveloping Countries Author:Amartya Sen
“The Bush administration has created an unimaginable catastrophe in Iraq. This should've been one of the easiest military occupations in history and they succeeded in turning it into one of the worst military disasters in history. They can't control it and it's almost impossible for them to get out for reasons you can't discuss in the United States because to discuss the reasons why they can't get out would be to concede the reasons why they invaded.” ShouldStatesReasonWould BeUnitedUnited StatesImpossibleWorstMilitaryIraqDisasterAdministrationReason WhyOccupationCatastropheUnimaginable Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think, Russia is pushing against the West in general, not just the United States but the institutions of the West, the key governments in the West using a variety of tools, as well as military assault on Ukraine.” ThinkingWellsStatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryKeysToolsInstitutionsWestRussiaVarietyPushingAssaultUkraine Author:Daniel Fried
“The United States turned to repression when its prominence started to slip in Latin America through establishing military dictatorships.” StatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryLatinSlipsDictatorshipRepressionLatin AmericaProminence Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“At present, the United States, with over 700 foreign military bases, navies in every ocean, a programme to militarise space, and drone bases planned for all regions of the world, is increasingly perceived in relation to its hard power diplomacy, a threat to political independence and stability for many countries.” WorldCountryHardStatesPoliticalSpaceUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryOceanBasesRelationIndependenceThreatRegionsStabilityDiplomacyNavyProgrammesDronesMilitary BasesPolitical Independence Author:Richard A. Falk
“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
“Actually, the phrase "national security" is barely used until the 1930s. And there's a reason. By then, the United States was beginning to become global. Before that the United States had been mostly a regional power - Britain was the biggest global power. After the Second World War, national security is everywhere, because we basically owned the world, so our security is threatened everywhere. Not just on our borders, but everywhere - so you have to have a thousand military bases around the world for "defense."” WorldWarStatesReasonUsedUnitedUnited StatesSecurityMilitaryThousandBasesDefenseAround The WorldBordersPhrasesWar Of The WorldsBritainThreatenedNational SecuritySecond World War1930sMilitary Bases Author:Noam Chomsky
“Currently, the United States has troops in dozens of countries and is actively fighting in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen (with the occasional drone strike in Pakistan). In addition, the United States is pledged to defend 28 countries in NATO. It is unwise to expand the monetary and military obligations of the United States given the burden of our $20 trillion debt.” CountryStatesFightingGivenUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryIraqBurdenDebtStrikesObligationDozenTroopsSyriaPakistanOccasionalMonetaryNatoDronesLibyaUnwiseYemen Author:Rand Paul
“Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.” PeopleKnowsMeanStatesTodayNamesUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryPercentServingUniformsListeners Author:Oliver North
“I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world.” ThinkingWorldStatesUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryMessagesPrimariesStrongestMilitary Power Author:Leon Panetta
“When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility.” CountryStatesGovernmentUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesMilitaryWillingInvolvedPreparedIraqOperationsNot SureAfghanistanSyriaBe PreparedGet InvolvedMilitary Operations Author:Colin Powell
“Even during the years of the Cold War, the intense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, we always avoided any direct clash between our civilians and, most certainly, between our military.” YearsWarStatesUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryColdDirectUnionsIntenseSovietCold WarSoviet UnionAvoidedCiviliansConfrontationClash Author:Vladimir Putin