American war Quote by John Yoo

Declarations of war have never been a constitutional requirement for military action abroad. The United States has used force abroad more than 130 times,…

— John Yoo

America has fought five wars since 1945 and has gained its objectives in only one of them, the Gulf War.

— Henry Kissinger

Currently, the United States has troops in dozens of countries and is actively fighting in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen (with the occasional drone…

— Rand Paul

Since the end of the World War II, the United States has fought three "small" wars...we lost all three of them and for the…

— Andrew Greeley

All of the American's foreign wars have been fought with foes either too weak to resist them or too heavily engaged elsewhere to make…

— H. L. Mencken

When you invade Grenada, or when you invade Panama to capture a disreputable person, or when you bomb the Bosnia area, you can always…

— Jimmy Carter

America cannot commit to go to war on behalf of 50 countries around the world because that is the formula that is one day…

— Pat Buchanan

All American wars (except the Civil War) have been fought with the odds overwhelmingly in favor of the Americans. In the history of armed…

— H. L. Mencken

America is constantly involved in unnecessary wars.

— Jimmy Carter

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

— Ronald Reagan

The American way of war is to build an army, then another, then a third, while building fleets. If the war is still on…

— Jerry Pournelle

I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't…

— Robert Kagan