“You cannot possibly expect even the most illiterate person on Earth to believe that you really want a democracy in Iraq while you are paying Mubarak $3 billion a year to pretend he doesn't hate Israel. And you're providing the military and diplomatic umbrella that protects the fascist government, if you will, of the al Sauds.” IfsWantYearsBelievePersonsGovernmentEarthHateDemocracyMilitaryProtectIraqIsraelBillionsAlsProvidingFascistsUmbrellaDiplomaticIlliterateMubarakIlliterate Person Author:Michael Scheuer
“They were saying you would be a tremendous addition to the military, and we can get you into West Point with a full scholarship. And I simply said, I want to be a doctor. I really appreciate it.” WantSaidWould BeMilitaryAppreciateDoctorsWestScholarshipWest PointSimply Said Author:Benjamin Carson
“In the British military system, there is a very strict chain of command. Americans just want to win, and the correct strategy may be to speak directly to the men.” MenWantMayWinningSpeakMilitaryHe ManStrategyBritishCommandChainsStrictChain Of Command Author:Scott Raab
“Those young ones who want to try military jihad are facing a triple issue. First of all, they are missing the point when it comes to understanding what there is at stake from a political viewpoint. How come so many of them are going to Syria and so few to Palestine, even though, when it comes to symbolism, Palestine definitively wins.Then, it is essential to understand that it is not a religious matter. Finally, let's not forget about the recruiters behind their screens. Those ones are quite skillful and well-supported financially.” WantTryingFirstsWellsMatterYoungPoliticalWinningUnderstandingReligiousForgetBehindsIssuesMilitaryMissingEssentialsScreensStakesSyriaPalestineSymbolismViewpointsSkillfulJihadPolitical ViewYoung Ones Author:Tariq Ramadan
“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
“If you want to serve the country, you recognize it's rough and tumble. And it's nothing like serving your country in the military.” IfsWantCountryMilitaryRoughServing Author:Mitt Romney
“[Donald] Trump is speaking in Philadelphia on military matters. He's doing quite well. I want to join a little bit of this in progress just to give you a flavor for how Trump is sounding.” WantGivingWellsLittlesMatterBitsProgressMilitaryTrumpLittle BitFlavorPhiladelphia Author:Rush Limbaugh
“[Donald Trump] stood up and was asked a very specific question, if there's an undocumented illegal in the military or wants to serve in the military, can they stay? And he said, "You know what? I think that's a good idea."That's brilliant. That's genius.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantSaidIdeasMilitaryTrumpGeniusBrilliantIllegalGood IdeasStood Up Author:Eric Bolling
“I was conscripted to military service, and my gut feeling was to refuse to serve. I did not want to kill other people. This seemed to me wrong, if not in principle, so at least in practice.” PeopleIfsWantFeelingsPrinciplesPracticeMilitaryRefuseGutsGut FeelingsMilitary Service Author:Torbjorn Tannsjo
“I don't want to revisit history or try to re-interpret it, you know, but starting from where we are now, given the experience that we've had in the last, you know, since 2001, which has been an utter disaster, I don't think it's benefited us. Half of our discretionary budget, right, it's like 54% of our discretionary budget right now is being spent on the military. This is not working.” ThinkingKnowsWantTryingHas BeensLastsGivenHalfMilitaryRight NowStartingDisasterBudgets Author:Jill Stein
“The American people want to see our nation standing tall on the world stage again. They want to see us supporting our military, rebuilding our military, commanding the respect of the world, and they want to see the American economy off to the races again.” PeopleWorldWantNationsRaceEconomyStageMilitaryStandingTallRebuildingAmerican EconomyStanding Tall Author:Mike Pence
“[Buckminster] Fuller's idea of progress is a very 1950s organization man out of the military sort of idea of progress. So as a result, you have something like: we've got bad weather in New York City; let's put a dome over it. And so I don't want to put a dome over Manhattan and I hope that nobody who ends up reading the book wants to do so as a result.” MenWantBookIdeasEndsReadingResultsCitiesProgressMilitaryNew YorkOrganizationWeatherOver ItNew York CityManhattanDomesBad WeatherBuckminster Fuller Author:Jonathon Keats
“Both [Donald] Trump and Hillary [Clinton] want bigger military budgets and Hillary supports President Obama's one trillion dollar expenditure to so-called upgrade nuclear weapons. P” WantPresidentSupportMilitaryTrumpWeaponsBiggerDollarsClintonNuclearBudgetsPresident ObamaNuclear WeaponsExpendituresMilitary Budget Author:Ralph Nader
“These are things that we hear from military families everywhere we go. But it - on PTSD, the thing that I want to make sure people understand is that the vast majority of veterans and military families aren't dealing with any kind of mental health. But there are - these are what are called the invisible wounds of this war. And many times they don't present.” PeopleWantKindWarMilitaryMajorityMental HealthWoundsInvisibleVeteranPtsdMilitary Family Author:Michelle Obama
“Hillary Clinton is going to find common ground with the Republicans on foreign and military affairs. They both want to enhance the military budget.” WantCommonMilitaryRepublicanClintonAffairBudgetsCommon GroundMilitary Budget Author:Ralph Nader
“My hope was that by saying clearly to Saddam Hussein, "we're going to enforce UN Resolutions," that he would make the decision to leave peaceably and at least allow for inspectors to come into his country, and if he chose not to, there would be a military option. I want people to understand that the military was my last option. I had a strategy and hopefully solving the problem peacefully - and it wasn't just me, it was a coalition of nations that were involved.” PeopleIfsWantCountryProblemWould BeLastsNationsDecisionMilitaryInvolvedStrategyHopefullyResolutionSaddamHusseinCoalitionsInspectors Author:George W. Bush
“I'm very pleased this military engagement together with a political road map that we developed, we were able to continue. We want to bring about a political solution there. We worked very closely together [with Barack Obama] on the issue of annexation of Crimea and Russia's attempt to actually conquer Ukraine and actually, they did so, conquer part of the territory. We tried to come to a peaceful settlement here on this.” WantAbleTogetherPoliticalIssuesMilitarySolutionsRussiaPeacefulConquerBarackMapsTerritoryEngagementUkraineSettlementRoad MapsCrimeaAnnexation Author:Angela Merkel
“When it comes to the military, I don't want to discuss things. I want to let - I want to let the action take place before the talk takes place” WantActionMilitary Author:Donald Trump
“"Authenticity" doesn't mean much to me. I just want "good", in the sense of well-designed, well-constructed, long-lasting garments. My interest in military clothing stems from that. It's not about macho, playing soldiers, anything militaristic. It's the functionality, the design-solutions, the durability. Likewise workwear.” WantWellsMeanLongInterestMilitaryDesignSolutionsSoldierAuthenticityLastingClothingsStemGarmentsMachoLong LastingFunctionalityDurability Author:William Gibson
“I went to Jerusalem, the dead sea, it was just amazing. Because what we see in the TV, I'm sorry to say it, I don't want to insult nobody, but a lot of the image that we see from the middle east in Canada - It's sad to say but it's always bad stuff. I was thinking coming here it would be a lot of military, security, everybody would be a little more on the edge, but I see it's amazing. It feels a little bit similar to Miami.” ThinkingWantFeelsLittlesWould BeStuffBitsSeaMiddleSecurityMilitaryTvsLittle BitSorryEdgesEastInsultCanadaMiddle EastI'm SorryJerusalemMiamiBad Stuff Author:Georges St-Pierre
“I don't want to be overly critical about our military or our intelligence people, because it's a tough job. But neither should think be beating their breasts and saying what a wonderful job they did.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldJobsWonderfulMilitaryToughCriticalBreasts Author:Orrin Hatch
“If we were living back in 1789, your musket would be really useful in a military conflict. If you were called up to service, they said bring your musket. And indeed, the First Congress passed a law. You want to know the first gun control law in America? First Congress passed a law mandating that all able-bodied men must own a musket.” IfsKnowsMenWantFirstsSaidWould BeAbleAmericaLawMilitaryConflictGunCongressGun ControlThey Said Author:Ted Cruz
“I don't want to go back into space for military reasons, but the economic driver still remains. And so it's a matter of people understanding how that economic driver is revealed with healthy investments on the space frontier.” PeopleWantStillsMatterReasonUnderstandingSpaceEconomicMilitaryHealthyRemainsInvestmentDriversFrontiers Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I would love to see more investment to help our veterans. Donald Trump is talking about investing in the military - I imagine he wants to invest on the war side, but what we really need is to take care of our veterans, and invest in the VA hospitals, provide better mental health treatment, and help them find housing. That is a stain on America for all of us - Republican and Democrat.” WantNeedsWarHelpingCareAmericaSidesTalkingImagineMilitaryTrumpRepublicanMental HealthDemocratInvestmentInvestingTake CareTreatmentHospitalsVeteranHousingStainsOur Veterans Author:Nina Turner
“One of the main aims of Sharon is to prevent a Palestinian state - a real, viable, sovereign, free Palestinian state. It has been the major task of his life for the last forty years. What Sharon wants to do is "shorten the lines," in military slang. He wants to give up some positions which are untenable, or which cost too much to keep, and to withdraw to where he wants Israel to be.” WantGivingYearsHas BeensRealStatesLastsLinesToo MuchMilitaryPositionCostGiving UpMajorsTasksAimIsraelFortyPalestinianSovereignSlangSharon Author:Uri Avnery
“Almost all the military personnel were wearing sunglasses. No Iraqis wear sunglasses. They really want to see your eyes. So immediately they can't trust the Americans.” WantEyeMilitarySunglassesPersonnelMilitary Personnel Author:Bruce Cockburn
“Donald Trump has made it clear, he wants to make a priority of national security, rebuilding our military, but he wants to do it in a fiscally responsible way.” WayWantMadeClearSecurityMilitaryTrumpResponsiblePrioritiesMade ItNational SecurityRebuilding Author:Mike Pence
“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
“When I was in London a Kachin youth criticized me for not condemning the Burmese military for their offensive in Kachin State. I answered "condemnation is not the solution." We want to build reconciliation, not condemnation.” WantStatesMilitaryYouthSolutionsLondonOffensiveReconciliationCondemnationCondemning Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“Only when you have got a clear statement of what you want to achieve, do you ask yourself how you are going to achieve it. In the military we are taught never to go for a single answer, no matter how obvious that might be.” WantMatterMightAsksAnswersClearAchieveMilitaryTaughtObviousWhat You WantStatements Author:Colin Powell
“In the army we are drilled into execution and then supervision, to make sure everything goes the way you planned it. But there is another thing that we do in the military, that I think perhaps isn't done enough in corporate life: As soon as you have made that decision, you start on the contingency planning. Because there is, as we like to say, a thinking, breathing enemy out there, who is not going to let you do just what you want.” ThinkingWayWantMadeDoneEnoughDecisionEnemyMilitaryArmyWhat You WantPlanningBreathingCorporateExecutionSupervisionContingency Author:Colin Powell
“In the military, we are also taught to only use one third of the available decision-making time, so that our subordinates have time to go through their own decision processes when they learn what we want them to do.” WantUseProcessDecisionMilitaryTaughtThirdsAvailableDecision MakingSubordinatesMaking Time Author:Colin Powell
“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
“China and Russia play very different roles. They both are getting involved across the world in all different pockets. Their tentacles are everywhere. Russia is doing it through elections and through military actions and through trying to get involved in conversations. China is doing it economically. If you look at their infrastructure, they are everywhere in the world now and they want to continue to do that so that they have a stronghold.” IfsWorldWantTryingLooksDifferentPlayActionRolesMilitaryInvolvedConversationElectionChinaRussiaPocketsInfrastructureGet InvolvedTentaclesStrongholdsMilitary Action Author:Nikki Haley
“I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.” WantFallPassionMilitaryHeightRisingPatriotismProfessionalismTrue Patriotism Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. This is possible if influential countries bypass the United Nations and take military action without Security Council authorization.” IfsWantRealCountryActionSufferingNationsUnitedFateSecurityMilitaryLeagueUnited NationsCouncilInfluentialBypassSecurity CouncilMilitary ActionLeague Of Nations Author:Vladimir Putin