Odyssey Dawn? That's not a military operation. That's a Carnival Cruise ship. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Nothing matures a military force quicker than actual military operations. — Duncan Hunter Copy Share Image
The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation. — Anne O'Hare McCormick Copy Share Image
War on terror is far less of a military operation and far more of an intelligence-gathering, law-enforcement operation. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
“War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“TNI harus terus tingkatkan postur dan kapabilitasnya, termasuk penguasaan “Revolution in Military Affairs” (RMA), melakukan Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW), serta… — SBYudhoyono Copy Share Image
The Air Force is pulling nine cargo aircraft from military operations to support President Obama's stepped-up visits to campaign events. Good, now… — Fred Thompson Copy Share Image
Thus, though I have heard of successful military operations that were clumsy but swift, cleverness has never been seen associated with long… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Oil is also essential for military operations. No other substance, no other raw material, is so vital for the prosecution of warfare,… — Michael Klare Copy Share Image
Well, the reports are correct that we're conducting very robust military operations on the Afghan side of the border in areas where… — John Abizaid Copy Share Image
Military operations cannot be tidy or free of friction - particularly in a coalition whose contributing nations see the campaign through national… — Mike Jackson Copy Share Image
Our task was not to conduct a full-fledged military operation there [in Crimea], but it was to ensure people's safety and security… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“The ultimate objective of all military operations is the destruction of the enemy’s armed forces and his will to fight.”* This sums… — J.C. Wylie Copy Share Image
“By the time Bill Clinton left office in 2001, an Operation Other Than War, as Pentagon forces called them, could go on… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
OK, so $1 trillion is what it costs to run the federal government for one year. So this money's going to run… — Susan Davis 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
Look what happened with regard to our invasion into Afghanistan, how we apparently intentionally let bin Laden get away. That was done… — Maurice Hinchey Copy Share Image
[M]ilitary metaphors have more and more come to infuse all aspects of the description of the medical situation. Disease is seen as… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Dominicus Corea had a posthumous son, Lewis Corea who became the Dissawe of Uva. Sir Paul Peiris wrote that 'With the disappearance… — Dominicus Corea Copy Share Image
There are markets extending from Mali, Indonesia, way outside the purview of any one government which operated under civil laws, so contracts… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
Climate Change is a national security issue. We found that climate instability will lead to instability in geopolitics and impact American military… — Gordon R. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“All descriptions of how near certainty is to be achieved are based primarily on emerging technologies. A Global Information Grid of “persistent… — H.R. McMaster Copy Share Image
“The scale of U.S. military operations is remarkable. The U.S. Department of Defense has (as of a 2014 inventory) 4,855 military facilities,… — Jeffrey D. Sachs Copy Share Image
“Complex operations, in which agencies assume complementary roles and operate in close proximity-often with similar missions but conflicting mandates-accentuate these tensions. The… — Michael Miklaucic Copy Share Image
The reality of Canadian history is that we've been willing to do the important things the world demanded of us: fighting in… — Chris Alexander Copy Share Image
No doubt relinquishing our nuclear arsenal would irritate Washington but what would the U.S. rather have, the U.K. able to assist in… — Clive Lewis Copy Share Image
The GRU is used for both tactical intelligence collection in the battlefield in support of Russian military operations and also strategic active… — Dmitri Alperovitch Copy Share Image
I had an opportunity to express my views, yes. I agreed with the approach which we took, namely, to make a distinction… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
You must all be aware that modern war is not a mere matter of military operations. It involves the whole strength and… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
There is a great inertia about all military operations of any size. But once this inertia has been overcome and underway they… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Modern warfare is by no means merely a matter of military operations. Economic affairs stand together with them in the first rank… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
It's perfectly natural to desire more troops when engaged in a military operation facing serious obstacles, and the more troops you have,… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
As I have said, I am not a war monger, nor am I a politician and I do not know anything about… — Simi Garewal Copy Share Image
The Halifax area has long played a major role in Canada's military operations, being the port of departure for convoys, naval task… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
War is, in fact, an extension of politics, and in any war, military operations have to be conducted in such a way… — H. R. McMaster Copy Share Image
The logistic requirements for a large, elaborate mission to Mars are no greater that those for a minor military operation extending over… — Wernher von Braun Copy Share Image
“since military operations are usually accompanied by an increase in communications, traffic analysis can infer the imminence of such operations by watching… — David Kahn Copy Share Image
I had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and the Taliban. I have had such dreams since the launch of the… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful… — H. R. McMaster Copy Share Image
![“Our task was not to conduct a full-fledged military operation there [in Crimea], but it was to ensure people's safety and security and a comfortable environment to express their will. We did that. But it would not have been possible without the Crimeans' own strong resolution.” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1e2/vladimir-putin-261_comfortable_our-task-was-not-to-conduct-a-full-fledg_1746745.jpg)
![“[M]ilitary metaphors have more and more come to infuse all aspects of the description of the medical situation. Disease is seen as an invasion of alien organisms, to which the body responds by its own military operations, such as the mobilizing of immunological "defenses", and medicine is…” quote by Susan Sontag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d3b/susan-sontag-332_aggressive_m-ilitary-metaphors-have-more-and-more-c_613198.jpg)
![“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.” quote by Zbigniew Brzezinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/029/zbigniew-brzezinski-1312_causality_it-s-perfectly-natural-to-desire-more-tr_2543951.jpg)
