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“We make war that we may live in peace.”

“Images of burning Red Cross and UN buildings struck by US bombs contrasted with images of thousands of desperately poor Afghan women carrying sickly and starving children out of Afghanistan as they flee the might of the US military is tearing at international public confidence in our war against terrorism.”

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Author:Cynthia McKinney

“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.”

“we ought to realize by now (see Korea, see Vietnam, see Afghanistan, see Iraq, see Iran) that deploying the US military, or dealing billions of dollars a year of arms to our ally of the moment that can serve as a regional rival to our enemy of the moment, is not always the best way to make threats go away. Our military and weapons prowess is a fantastic and perfectly weighted hammer, but that doesn't make every international problem a nail.”

Source: Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power

“For us military men, it is impossible to forget.”

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Author:Andrei Grechko

“Actions speak louder than words. The reality is that at least 10 journalists have been killed by the US military, and according to reports I believe to be true journalists have been arrested and tortured by US forces.”

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Author:Eason Jordan

“I put my heart and soul everyday into showing my appreciation for the incredible sacrifices of the US Military heroes by using my freedom and rights, that they provided and safeguarded at such sacrifice, to the best of my ability fighting the enemies at home.”

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Author:Ted Nugent

“Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.”

Source: Men at War: The Best War Stories of All Time

“We have seen the most well-funded gay and lesbian rights organizations valorize the US military in their work seeking inclusion in military service.”

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Author:Dean Spade

“It is God's job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.”

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Author:Norman Schwarzkopf

“Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”

“The US military has achieved a decisive blow against al-Qaeda with its commando action against Osama Bin Laden and his killing.”

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Author:Angela Merkel

“Reduce US military presence in Iraq; and bring in neighbors.”

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Author:John F. Kerry

“It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.”

“I have no regrets - in fact, I am pleased to have expelled the US ambassador, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and to have closed the US military base in Bolivia. Now, without a US ambassador, there is less conspiracy, and more political stability and social stability. Without the International Monetary Fund, we are better off economically.”

“If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war. Pentagon official, on why US military censored graphic footage from the Gulf War In time of war the first casualty is truth.”

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Author:Boake Carter

“ISIS has a caliphate the size of Indiana! Also, US military has been totally gutted. Can't even project power anymore.”

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Author:Jeb Bush

“Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way.”

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Author:Clint Smith

“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.”

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Author:Noam Chomsky

“During the 1990's, Colombia was the leading recipient of US military aid and training in the hemisphere. Approximately half of all US aid in the hemisphere went to Colombia. Colombia was also far and away the leading human rights violator in the hemisphere.”

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Author:Noam Chomsky

“The leading members of ISIS were either tortured in US military prisons or in the prisons of the Shi'a government which the Americans put in place.”

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Author:Yanar Mohammed

“I think, broadly speaking, the US military's role - US military activism in various parts of the Islamic world over the past several decades has been counterproductive.”

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Author:James Mattis

“Al-Qaeda, ISIS, they can't be Islamic. Islam is the religion of peace. They are bastardizing it. They are frauds. They are calling themselves Islamic and they are calling themselves Muslim, but they're not. Because Islam is as anti-terror as you and I are. Islam is the religion of peace. I'm telling you what our government's position is. The US military position.”

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Author:Rush Limbaugh

“South America has virtually broken away in the last decade. That's an event of historic significance. South America just doesn't follow US orders. In fact there isn't a single US military base left there.”

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Author:Noam Chomsky

“The collective shortfall of the 3.08 billion people (47 percent of world population) who, in 2005, lived below $2.50 per day was $507 billion per annum, which indeed comes to about two-thirds of the present US military budget. This gives us a rough sense of how much the eradication of poverty would cost.”

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Author:Thomas Pogge

“War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.”

“A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.”