“Coalition forces have encountered serious violence in some areas of Iraq. Our military commanders report that this violence is being insticated by three groups.” ThreeForceViolenceGroupsMilitarySeriousAreasIraqReportsCommandersCoalitions Author:George W. Bush
“To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it also casts serious doubt on one's manhood.” WarActionDoubtMilitaryParticularSeriousCastsCommittedManhoodNegotiationSeriousnessUnpatrioticMilitary Action Book:Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence Source: Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence
“Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security, and, make no mistake, it will impact how our military defends our country.” CountryMistakeRiskSecurityMilitarySeriousImpactThreatClimateClimate ChangeOur CountryNational Security Author:Barack Obama
“These missiles [Cruise and Pershing II] represent a new generation of missiles whose deployment will help give NATO first-strike capability. With this first-strike strategy, the West believes it could attack Russian military installations with such effectiveness that serious retaliation would be impossible.” GivingFirstsBelieveWarHelpingWould BePeaceImpossibleGenerationsMilitarySeriousStrategyWestStrikesCapabilityEffectivenessMissilesNew GenerationNatoCruiseDeploymentRetaliationInstallationRussian Military Author:Petra Kelly
“I think we need to ask serious questions about how we engage militarily, when we engage militarily, and on what basis we engage militarily. What kind of intelligence do we have to justify a military engagement?” ThinkingNeedsKindAsksMilitarySeriousBasesJustifyEngagement Author:Albert Wynn
“Our country is in serious trouble. We don't win anymore.We don't beat China in trade. We don't beat Japan, with their millions and millions of cars coming into this country, in trade. We can't beat Mexico, at the border or in trade.We can't do anything right. Our military has to be strengthened. Our vets have to be taken care of. We have to end Obamacare, and we have to make our country great again, and I will do that.” EndsCountryCareWinningMillionsTakenTroubleMilitaryCarSeriousBeatsTradeChinaOur CountryBordersJapanMexicoObamacareVets Author:Donald Trump
“I think, clearly, we got to work closely with China to resolve the serious problems we have, and I worry about Putin and his military adventurism in the Crimea and the Ukraine.” ThinkingProblemWorryMilitarySeriousChinaResolvePutinUkraineCrimea Author:Bernie Sanders
“So [Donald ] Trump gave a speech on national security and military affairs to a military-themed audience in Philadelphia, and there was no vulgarity in it. There was no bombast. There wasn't any of the usual Trump braggadocio. It was a teleprompter speech, but it was serious, studious, and it represented a solid understanding of issues and of the status quo.” UnderstandingAudienceIssuesSecurityMilitarySeriousTrumpSpeechAffairUsualNational SecurityStatus QuoPhiladelphiaVulgarityStudious Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think we ought to use the same formula that we used when we took out Moammar Gadhafi in Libya. We have unique resources that no other country has, especially in the air. Intelligence and the ability to find where things are. I think the governments need to get together, because this is getting very serious.” ThinkingNeedsCountryUseGovernmentTogetherUsedAbilityAirMilitarySeriousOughtUniqueResourcesIraqFormulasOther CountriesGet TogetherLibya Author:Dutch Ruppersberger
“I'm 100 percent serious. I've been fighting for equality for women's issues my entire life, in the military included.” FightingIssuesMilitarySeriousPercentWomen Equality Author:Paula Broadwell
“Europe is slow to react, it is lagging behind in competitiveness, there are problems with demography, population, serious problems with security, internal security and military capabilities.” ProblemBehindsSecurityMilitarySeriousEuropePopulationInternalsCapabilityCompetitivenessDemography Author:Viktor Orban
“It's perfectly natural to desire more troops when engaged in a military operation facing serious obstacles, and the more troops you have, probably, the [lower the] risk of causalities.” DesireNaturalRiskMilitarySeriousObstaclesOperationsEngagedTroopsCausalityMilitary OperationsPerfectly Natural Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“How do we explain for example the Ebola epidemic in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea Conakry? Those very powers that swindled and occupied them, in the face of the serious situation of social emergency, have not even had the capacity to send doctors there. In some cases they have sent in militaries instead because that is what they are compelled to do. They have had to send military to do it because they do not even have any doctors with the willingness to risk their lives in order to help those people that are precisely paying for the consequences of years of colonization.” PeopleYearsHelpingFacesOrderSocialSituationCasesRiskMilitaryExampleSeriousConsequenceCapacityDoctorsWillingnessCompelledEmergenciesEpidemicsColonizationGuineaSierraEbolaSierra Leone Author:Alejandro Castro Espin