For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>