NATO is in our national security interests. And, yes, we pay a lot for it, but, when we had Afghanistan, NATO troops were by our side from almost all of the NATO members. And they put their life and treasure on the line for us.
George W. Bush made the agreement about when American troops would leave Iraq, not Barack Obama.
Nothing is easy in war. Mistakes are always paid for in casualties and troops are quick to sense any blunder made by their commanders.
When your troops go to war, the prime minister or the president change overnight from an administrator, dealing with taxation and welfare and health and deteriorating roads, into the commander-in-chief. And it's just become almost unpatriotic to describe Bush's fallacious and ill-advised and mistaken and sometimes misleading actions.
I think it's been the topic of conversation for every one. . . If the U. S. is hit again, how are we going to handle it? Our troops are all over the place.
We must force the government to stop the bird migration. We must shoot all birds, field all our men and troops. . . and force migratory birds to stay where they are.
You have to decide in advance whether you're ready go to war. If you guys are ready to send a million troops into Ukraine and fight World War III, you're going to do it without my support because I think that's a really foolish notion.
The terrorist threat to American troops has decreased in some ways because there's not 175,000 in a dangerous part of the world. There's only 15,000.
I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there and in some ways it was frustrating not to feel like I was there as part of the troops that were fighting in Vietnam.
The art of using troops is this:. . . . . . When ten to the enemy's one, surround him;. . . . . . When five times his strength, attack him;. . . . . . If double his strength, divide him;. . . . . . If equally matched you may engage him;. . . . . . If weaker numerically, be capable of withdrawing;. . . . . . And if in all respects unequal, be capable of eluding him,. . . . . . . . . . for a small force is but booty for one more powerful.
In the Armed Services Committee, we endeavored to put forth proposals that would help alleviate some of that stress, both for the troops and for their families.
For example, the use of chemical weapons [in Syria]- some on the Democrat side have said well, this encourages the North Koreans to use chemical weapons against our troops.
Anger is precious. A silverback uses anger to maintain order and warn his troops of danger. When my father beat his chest, it was to say, Beware, listen, I am in charge. I am angry to protect you, because that is what I was born to do. Here in my domain there is no one to protect.
Forty-five percent of Iraqi citizens think it is morally okay to attack American troops.
Withdrawal of US troops will become like salted peanuts to the American public: The more US troops come home, the more will be demanded.
Yeah, I volunteered to support the troops, and get out there and show them that we care about them.
Obama has not accomplished a key mission: sell his own successes and keep his own (political) troops fired up and ready to go.
Cluster bombs are perhaps not good in themselves, but when they are dropped on identifiable concentrations of Taliban troops, they do have a heartening effect.
Of course you have to support the troops. They're just kids. They're doing for their country what's expected of them.
Commanders and senior officers should die with troops. The honour of the British Empire and the British Army is at stake.