Quotes about "War & Peace"

Israel's pro-American orientation exists not just among Israeli elites but also among the whole population. Come what may in Israel, it's inconceivable that this fundamental orientation will change. Combined with its overwhelming military power, this makes Israel a unique and irreplaceable American asset in the Middle East. ”

Any historian worth their salt should be aware of wars, conflicts, catastrophes. They happen. This is part of the panorama. ”

The American people are going to judge the majority party here today. If they go out here and vote for this rule that allows this provision to be stricken, they are voting against the men and women in the military of our country. ”

My hearing loss was essentially due to noise exposure during my military service. I was on an anti-submarine sub-chaser in WWII, and we had lots of depth charges going off all around us. There were plenty of explosions, and they were loud! ”

My dad was in the military. It was difficult sometimes, because he would have to be away a lot, and we would have to move around a lot. Trying to adapt to new schools and new places can be really tough. ”

U.S. analysts estimate that Russian military expenditures have tripled during the Bush-Putin years, in large measure a predicted reaction to the Bush administration's militancy and aggressiveness. ”

Occasionally the conflict between 'what we stand for' and 'what we do' has been forthrightly addressed. ”

The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation. ”

Washington still refuses to provide evidence to support the claims in 1990 that a huge Iraqi military build-up on the Saudi border justified war. ”

The Iraq War was the first conflict in western history in which an imperialist war was massively protested against before it had even been launched. ”