In the real world, words don't automatically translate into deeds. — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
Americans are slow to anger, but once they do get angry, they are impossible to stop. — Kathleen Troia McFarland America Copy Share Image
In politics, a picture is worth a thousand words. — Kathleen Troia McFarland Photography Copy Share Image
Emotions may win arguments, but they don't win wars. — Kathleen Troia McFarland Argument Copy Share Image
We realize too late that President Bush shouldn't have taken us into Iraq, and President Obama shouldn't have taken us out. — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
Despite spending trillions of dollars and spilling the blood of thousands of Americans, we remain in servitude to Arab oil. — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
Krispy Kreme claims the 'batter is the best part.' Same with an Obama speech. It's all about what's on the outside, not… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
Egypt is the oldest, largest and most important Arab country in the region. What happens there affects them all. — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
It is important not to let emotions get in the way of cold, hard, calculated military planning. Emotions may win arguments, but… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Argument Copy Share Image
When the commander-in-chief sends Americans to fight and die, it should be only to protect our vital national interests, not for his… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
Don't worry, America. We survived Jimmy Carter, and we will survive Barack Obama. Only one questions remains... who is the next Ronald… — Kathleen Troia McFarland America Copy Share Image
Americans don't like to stand by while innocent people are killed and watch a human disaster unfold. It goes against our very… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
It's the libertarians who want to reclaim decision-making for themselves. It's the small government folks who see government as a great Leviathan… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Decision making Copy Share Image
You don't need a foreign policy expert to tell you empty threats and hollow promises don't work. Ask any parent of a… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
Foreign policy is something Americans care about when the economy is good, and when it isn't, they hardly notice it. It's hard… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
The president doesn't order the military to seize political opponents. He doesn't order his intelligence community to lie about national security for… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
We in the West think of peace as society's default position. War is a temporary state of affairs that happens when peace… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Affairs Copy Share Image
Russia does not have a modern economy: it's a petro-power. The only thing it sells that the world wants to buy is… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
Al Qaeda attacked the U.S.S. Cole and bombed several U.S. embassies in East Africa in the late 1990s. We knew who did… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Africa Copy Share Image
Reagan won the Cold War by first restoring America's economy and military and then staring down an economically weakened Soviet Union. He… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
The majority of people think their children's lives will not be as good as theirs. Nearly half of all Americans are no… — Kathleen Troia McFarland All americans Copy Share Image
Empty threats are often worse than saying nothing at all. It's like leading from behind. Eventually, no one thinks you're leading at… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
In the Reagan administration, a great speech was just the first step in a long process. In the Obama administration, it's the… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Administration Copy Share Image
There is a growing sense among Americans outside the Beltway that while President Obama may be a good talker, he is a… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
Every president, as he nears the end of his final term in office, thinks about his place in history. — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
While President Putin is busy redrawing the map of Europe, President Obama is busy filling out his brackets. — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
In foreign policy, the only thing worse than not doing something is doing something that fails or makes the situation worse. — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
The problem with people who live in a world of speeches and books and theories is they don't know how to fix… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
One of the lessons of Vietnam, which we failed to heed in the Iraq war and the Afghanistan surge, is that before… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
As long as the United States - and the world - gets its oil from the Middle East, we will be drawn… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
Whatever the final outcome in Iraq, our men and women in uniform should stand tall with pride for a job well done.… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
If America chooses, we can develop our own energy resources and not be pressured into wars in the Middle East. Cheap energy… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Adversaries Copy Share Image
Our military leaders don't seize power in coups; our soldiers and sailors don't go on strike for higher pay or benefits; our… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
