“I can walk into a gun store in my town and buy military-grade weapons. You'd be shocked by the amount of firepower you can buy - 50 caliber sniper rifles and the same shotguns the Marines carry in Iraq or Afghanistan. It doesn't matter whether I know how to use these things - I can just walk into a store and buy them.” KnowsI CanMatterUseWalksKnow HowMilitaryAmountWeaponsGunTownsIraqStoresGradesAfghanistanShockedMarineRiflesCaliberShotgunsSnipers Author:Jonathan Gottschall
“Do you know what Agelisas said, when he was asked why the great city of Lacedomonie was not girded with walls? Because, pointing out the inhabitants and citizens of the city, so expert in military discipline and so strong and well armed: "Here," he said, "are the walls of the city," meaning that there is no wall but of bones, and that towns and cities can have no more secure nor stronger wall than the virtue of their citizens and inhabitants.” KnowsWellsSaidStrongCitiesVirtueSecurityMilitaryWallCitizensDisciplineStrongerTownsBonesSecureExpertsDo You KnowPointingGreat CitiesMilitary Discipline Author:Francois Rabelais
“If you shell a military base and happen to kill civilians, you have not committed a war crime; if you deliberately target cities and towns, you have.” IfsWarHappensCitiesMilitaryCrimeTownsCommittedTargetShellsCiviliansWar CrimesCities And Towns Book:Fire Source: Fire
“It's a small town, it has only a few docks ... now they are in a trap.” FunnyMilitaryTownsTrapsSmall TownDocks Author:Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
“This boa, the American columns, are being besieged between Basra and other towns north, west, south and west of Basra. The Americans are the people who are under siege.” PeopleFunnyMilitaryTownsWestSouthColumnsBaghdadSiegeUnder Siege Author:Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
“My men are being unmercifully shelled. They cannot hold out if an attack is launched. The firing line and my headquarters are being plastered with heavy guns and the town is being swept by shrapnel. I myself am O.K. but the front line is being buried.” IfsMenLinesMilitaryFrontsGunTownsHeavyBuriedFiringHeadquarters Author:Gordon Bennett
“To the extent that the (ISIS's) advance is a series of urban revolts against the government of PM Nouri al-Maliki, the US would end up bombing ordinary city folk. For the US to be bombing Sunni towns all these years later on behalf of Mr. al-Maliki would be to invite terrorism against the US.” YearsEndsGovernmentWould BeCitiesMilitaryOrdinaryTownsSeriesFolksIraqTerrorismAlsInvitesUrbanBehalfIsisRevoltBombingPms Author:Juan Cole