Our troops shouldn't be mired in taking land for the Afghan military, providing force protection and fighting a permanent insurgency. — Ro Khanna Copy Share Image
But what counter-insurgency really comes down to is the protection of the capitalists back in America, their property and their privileges. U.S.… — Philip Agee Copy Share Image
Let's look at the Trump and Bernie Sanders insurgencies. They were basically insurgencies against the Republican and Democratic Party. Bernie Sanders made… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
I am encouraged by the news today that United States special operations personnel found, identified and killed the terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,… — Mike Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
You can't kill your way to success in a counter insurgency effort. You have to protect the people, get the civil military… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
The Syrian regime is helping the insurgency in Iraq and allowing all kinds of militants to come in and out, and go… — Walid Jumblatt Copy Share Image
I think we may well have some kind of presence there over a period of time... The level of activity that we… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
The number of attacks on the American and allied forces is at the highest level since the insurgency began despite the increase… — Ike Skelton Copy Share Image
Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was… — Farnaz Fassihi Copy Share Image
Constraint theory argues a number of things. First, that the impossible has to be identified. Second, that the actor is then constrained… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Baghdad fell on April 9, 2003, Hussein and his regime were brought down, we declared "Mission Accomplished" and celebrated victory . .… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Insurgencies are easy to make and hard to stop. Only a few ingredients need to combine to create an insurgency; like oxygen… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
There's just no question that the United States was trying desperately to prevent the independence of South Vietnam and to prevent a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Military operations alone cannot defeat an insurgency because only economic development and political action can address most sources of disaffection. If military… — H.R. McMaster Copy Share Image
I made this bad joke on Twitter saying, "I want to put in my first no-bid contract to train the Libyan army… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
I think Martin Luther King would always keep track of collective insurgencies among poor and working people. He was concerned about the… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“So the insurgency was born in a perfect storm of American errors--not establishing order; not providing the semblance of any government; confirming… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The presence of American troops is fueling the insurgency in Iraq, as acknowledged by General Casey and numerous other experts, and is… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
We must support initiatives that provide clear, concrete measures and milestones that our troops need for defeating the insurgency, building up Iraqi… — Sherrod Brown Copy Share Image
With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
[In response to the question "Do you think that you underestimated the insurgency's strength?"] I think so. I guess if I look… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside… — Christopher Dodd Copy Share Image
But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to… — John Abizaid Copy Share Image
There was an insurgency under President Hosni Mubarak in the 1990s. Egyptian police and soldiers fought weekly battles with Islamists in the… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody,… — Michael Mullen Copy Share Image
As many have noted, Donald Trump's presidency is an insurgency. Mr. Trump himself is the quintessential insurgent, doing battle with a disingenuous… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
Who's the big government guy? These labels are nonsense. And the Tea Party, if you want to call them working class, you… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
“Constructive insurgency: Is the use of legal and imaginative means of resistance to reform a system of repression. Generally through the use… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the most missed components of the entire insurgency in Iraq was that Syria and Bashar al-Assad facilitated Al Qaeda's operations… — Malcolm Nance Copy Share Image
The Government of Iraq also owes a debt to the American and coalition forces who are fighting the insurgency and helping put… — Ike Skelton Copy Share Image
We are facing an enormous crisis in Africa right now in terms of illegal wildlife trafficking, which is decimating animal populations, destroying… — David Jeremiah Barron Copy Share Image
There was a belief after World War I that painting could be an act of civil revolt. I want this exhibition, 'New… — Richard Phillips Copy Share Image
And that is that they went about systematically understanding how to disrupt and change a person's entire processes. And these Taliban -… — Pete Sessions Copy Share Image
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