Troops of heroes undistinguished die.
Nothing is so good for the morale of the troops as occasionally to see a dead general.
There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.
THe Chinese like the satellite state [North Korea] between China and our forces, they fear that in a reunified Korea, American troops would be at the Yalu River and they've seen that movie before. They didn't like it the first time they saw it and they don't like it any better today. So they are quite happy with the divided Korean peninsula and that's a fundamental difference between the way they see things and the way we see things.
We know over very national survival is at stake; and we believe that we should support our troops, yes, and work for an outcome that results in victory.
If we stuck to the Constitution as written, we would have: no federal meddling in our schools; no Federal Reserve; no U. S. membership in the UN; no gun control; and no foreign aid. We would have no welfare for big corporations, or the "poor"; no American troops in 100 foreign countries; no NAFTA, GAT, or "fast-track"; no arrogant federal judges usurping states rights; no attacks on private property; no income tax. We could get rid of most of the agencies, and most of the budget. The government would be small, frugal, and limited.
I believe that the issue of mental health services for our troops deploying or returning from combat is one that demands the attention of this body, if only for a few minutes today.
All the homeschooling parents I know meet on a regular basis with other families. They organize field trips, cooking classes, reading clubs and Scout troops. Their children tend to be happy, confident and socially engaged.
I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations.
Because the Bush Administration will set no timetable for the withdrawal of U. S. troops from Iraq, both chambers of Congress acted to make sure our troops will not be left in Iraq indefinitely.
Army requests immediate permission to surrender in order to save lives of remaining troops.
I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.
It still puts burden on some troops of ours who are there [in Afghanistan and Iraq] as advisors and facilitators.
The only way that American troops could have stayed in Iraq is to get an agreement from the then-Iraqi government that would have protected our troops, and the Iraqi government would not give that.
Prices are always lower when the troops are in the street.
On both sides the troops were commanded by royal princes and they massacred each other mercilessly.
The worst readers are those who behave like plundering troops: they take away a few things they can use, dirty and confound the remainder, and revile the whole.
We have the Troops to Teachers program, which encourages retired military individuals to go into teaching.
A tale is told of a man in Paris during the upheaval in 1948, who saw a friend marching after a crowd toward the barricades. Warning him that these could not be held against the troops, that he had better keep way, he received this reply, " I must follow them. I am their leader. "
The constant refrain that bringing our troops home would demonstrate a lack of support for them must be one of the most amazing distortions ever foisted on the American public.