Country Quote by Robert D. Kaplan

Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.

— Jack Keane

In the three years since our nation began operations in Iraq, more than 2,500 Americans have been killed and more than 18,000 Americans have…

— Ike Skelton

Our military is overextended. Nine out of 10 active-duty Army divisions are either in Iraq, going to Iraq or have come back from Iraq.…

— John F. Kerry

The war was declared over - the end of major combat operations - in May 2003. Release procedures got under way immediately; reducing the…

— Janis Karpinski

When I became secretary of state, we had 200,000 troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I'm very grateful that we have brought home…

— Hillary Clinton

It's clear that the United States has more to give the world than military bases.

— Cynthia McKinney

Sometimes it takes the pain of a Deployment to realize how we take the little things for granted and how much we miss them.

— Anonymous

I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time…

— Roma Downey

More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform.

— Steve Buyer

Make no mistake, our military readiness is already suffering. According to a recent RAND study, the Army has been stretched so thin that active-duty…

— Russ Feingold

I love my country. But how many more of our loved ones need to die in this senseless war?

— Cindy Sheehan

If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, we're going to have a serious problem coming down the…

— George W. Bush