Allowing Quote by Theodore Beale

“It is important not to latch onto some strategic fad to justify radical cuts in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps. For two decades,…

— Michael O'Hanlon

Paradoxically, the United States' determination to protect its troops can be self-defeating. Allies and adversaries see U.S. forces living in secure compounds, eating fancy…

— David Ignatius

If we have reason to believe someone is preparing an attack against the U.S., has developed that capability, harbours those aspirations, then I think…

— Dick Cheney

America has historically met the challenges to its national security with decisive actions that defeated or, at a minimum, contained the threat.

— Pete Hoekstra

The United States has to have the capability to deal with more than one enemy at one time and be able to confront them…

— Leon Panetta

Sixteen years after 9/11, we still don't even know what to call the enemy, rather than form a comprehensive strategy.

— Ali Soufan

What is American strategy first of all? So American strategy is to command the seas, right? The foundation of our power is sea control.…

— George Friedman

Any method which appears to offer advantages to a nation at war will be vigorously employed by that nation. There is but one logical…

— George W. Merck

At present, the United States, with over 700 foreign military bases, navies in every ocean, a programme to militarise space, and drone bases planned…

— Richard A. Falk

“while the main laws of strategy can be stated clearly enough for the benefit of all and sundry, you must be guided by the…

— Sun Tzu

We have an interest in combating tactics in war that are abhorrent and that only fuel terrorism because they incite people on the ground.

— Samantha Power

Containment is a strategy for losers! But as General George S. Patton famously observed, Americans play to win all the time. Americans don't play…

— Bobby Jindal