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Clearly the American military has been a force for good for the United States. There's a reason we have a standing military.… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan in foreign affairs, I think, was someone who had certain, very general ideas, general propositions by which he lives: To… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
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It [9/11 event] was aimed at symbols: the World Trade Center, the heart of American capitalism, and the Pentagon, the headquarters of… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
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[I]t's up to Republicans to expose the bureaucracies and criticize the orthodoxies - to ask why visas for travel to the United… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
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Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on,… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
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The campaign in Iraq illustrates the continuing progress of military technology and tactics, but if there is a single overriding lesson it… — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
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