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
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 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
Americans are slow to anger, but once they do get angry, they are impossible to stop. — Kathleen Troia McFarland 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 rebellious teenager.… — Kathleen Troia McFarland 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 armed forces… — Kathleen Troia McFarland 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 oil and… — 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 to worry… — 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 it, but… — 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
As long as the United States - and the world - gets its oil from the Middle East, we will be drawn into the… — 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 things in… — 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 Reagan? — 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. It was… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
