Five thousand balloons, capable of raising two men each, could not cost more than five ships of the line; and where is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defense as that 10,000 men descending from the clouds might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief before a force could be brought together to repel them?
Benjamin Franklin
382 quotes about troops follow in order of popularity. Be sure to bookmark and share your favorites!
The war in Iraq will end, our troops will come home, Bush will be impeached and he will be brought to justice.
Cindy Sheehan
Even if they send pure Muslim or Arab troops we will consider them invaders and will fight them.
Fatahi Khalil
We expect a greater sense of responsibility ... on the part of the GOS troops and their allies than they have exhibited in the last four days.
Baba Gana Kingibe
In a world where teens are given so much negative attention, it is great to see a young man consistently take the initiative to give back to the community. Brandon is a phenomenal young man. I know this project meant a lot to him because of the way he put all of himself into giving something back to the troops who have given us all so much.
Bryan Collins
[In a comment entitled] To say we must stay in Iraq to save it from chaos is a lie ... They told you Britain must invade Iraq because of its weapons of mass destruction. They were wrong. Now they say British troops must stay in Iraq because otherwise it will collapse into chaos.
Simon Jenkins
It's not just a few Army troops that would be moving there. It would be in the hundreds.
Merrell Lane
Using the Oval office to cheat on your wife makes you a bad husband and an irresponsible leader. Using the Oval office to lead your troops into a war born of blatant deception makes you a murderer and a war criminal.
Jules Carlysle
What I've never really understood is how someone could say they support the troops but they don't support the war. . . . Because the troops want to win the war.
Debra Burlingame
Our experience means we can bring a bit of clarity to proceedings at crucial moments and to calm the troops if necessary.
Thomas Lievremont
In the business I'm in, there is a lot of rejection. But playing for the troops, I feel real appreciated and honored. It's a validation of my talents.
Singer Gina Notrica
There are 1,400 troops here. It's so crazy. I got guys saluting me, and I'm standing here in my big old gardening hat.
Scott Lewis
In addition to keeping the pride flowing in the United States with his patriotic songs, Tippin spent time and money going to Iraq to entertain the troops. I believe that everyone will be inspired by his music, but most of all by his sincerity.
Austin Fesmire
We have agreed. They (Pakistan) have agreed to withdraw troops from the present positions. There is no two opinion about it, both sides have agreed.
Pranab Mukherjee
When I was in Iraq, quite frankly I became disheartened with our government. I think our government wasn't doing enough to support our troops.
Patrick Murphy
Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse of power.
Byron Paulson
It's definitely going to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. And it will be good to give the troops a taste of back home, especially since so many of them are from this area.
Paul Saunders
Only the deployment of sufficient numbers of troops with logistical support by UN member states will provide the protection that the civilians so desperately need.
Dr. William F. Schulz
Aznar turned Spain around economically and brought Spain back into the European economic community, ... He also stood firm with Tony Blair and President (George W.) Bush in sending troops into Iraq. That's what cost him the election.
David Crouch
Our opinion is that it's a good broadcast and that it honors the troops.
Micah Johnson
This is turning into a crusade. You're seeing the grass-roots movement that got Harold Washington elected. ... The numbers are going to go up. You're going to have more troops on the street.
Bob Storman
This community has huge support for troops. People always want to do something but do not know how. The YMCA continues to help solders connect with their families. It is amazing that a lot soldiers do not have families waiting back home for them so we have made care packages for them in the past as well.
Keira Clark
It's possible that some people are thinking that the ground troops will face almost no casualties, as happened in the Persian Gulf.
Keating Holland
She is trying to keep her troops in line and stay on message, so not to let victory slip out of reach.
Chris Burns
I thought it was great for Fort Riley. You know a lot of these troops have just come back from Iraq and they'll have a big parade out there. It'll be a nice event.
Pat Livingston
In all of these things, it says, there's something missing about this guy. He's not paying attention and we've got him running the country and we've got him commanding American troops in a variety of countries. That's scary, isn't it?
Thomas Green
You can start a war but it won't be you who finishes it. The Americans know that their troops are vulnerable. I would advise them not to commit such a strategic error.
General Yahya Rahim Safavi
If it is shown that depleted uranium causes an increase in cancers, then we have got to look at alternative weapon systems and at precautions which could be taken to protect our troops, as well as at how we can clean up the areas where the shells were used.
Bruce George
We are only going to commit ground troops if there is a commitment to a political process. Nobody is going to commit ground troops in the context of a continuing war and a crumbling cease-fire.
Robin Cook
We reject any plan that is not about withdrawing the troops and bringing them home immediately.
Larry Hales
I'm going to ask that question again, ... Do we have enough (troops), and if we do, why were they not deployed sooner?
Ben Nelson
Thousands of volunteers and supporters say how appreciative they are to have an avenue to express their thanks to the troops.
Carolyn Blashek
The troops have pulled out...this is the final relocation.
Faye Belnis
There's a presumption taken by the (U.N.) commission that the very presence of Syrian troops and the Syrian security organs in Lebanon is something which should imply so and so and so.
Riyad Dawoodi
A professional football team warms up grimly and disparately, like an army on maneuvers: the ground troops here, the tanks there, the artillery and air force over there.
Ted Solotaroff
The troops don't know what to do. They don't have the direction they need in order to supervise the prisoners.
John Murtha
It sounds reasonable, but it's not realistic. It's an active facility. The troops are there and they're not going anywhere.
Martin Wilk
The troops need to know we support them. We want them to know we care.
Jeffrey Steele
We got a really unselfish performance from Alix Hughes. Sarah Moore played huge in the middle. She looked like a college player. Lindsey Wilkerson played huge for us at forward and on defense. We spotted the other team a goal early, and we had to rally the troops. It was a team effort. We also got some contributions from our younger players off the bench.
Dave Smith
It was devastating. It was like living in a war zone, with helicopters flying overhead, National Guard troops in the streets, no food, no water.
Kathleen Johnson
I want the troops home, and I want the president to tell me why my husband had to go to Iraq, and why I had to become a widow at age 26, and why my son will never meet his daddy.
John House
The polls show that most of the people watching were concerned about when the troops are coming out of Iraq. That question was not answered.
Rogan Kersh
With a war ongoing, we need to be able to provide fast feedback for troops in the field as well as to people making decisions about research priorities.
Col. Lee Cancio
I recognize their good intentions, however I think their position is wrong. Withdrawing our troops would make our world more dangerous.
Jessica Lange
That's damaging to recruiting. It's damaging to morale of the troops who are deployed, and it's damaging to the morale of their families who believe in what they are doing to serve this country.
Genpeter Pace
VALOR, n. A soldierly compound of vanity, duty and the gambler's hope. 'Why have you halted?' roared the commander of a division and Chickamauga, who had ordered a charge; 'move forward, sir, at once.' 'General,' said the commander of the delinquent brigade, 'I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy.'
Ambrose Bierce
Take one of the focal points of terrorist motivation away, and that is foreign troops.
Peter Cosgrove
This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government a final note stating that, unless we heard from them by eleven o'clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us.
Neville Chamberlain
This is very important and exciting research because it provides compelling physical evidence for the impact of louse-borne diseases on Grand Army troops during Napoleon's invasion of, and retreat from, Russia.
Robert Peterson
Wayne Newton has brought a lot of smiles and laughter to Las Vegas for the last 40 years. It's great he's being honored for his work entertaining our troops overseas. I'm sure Bob Hope would be smiling knowing his legacy continues.
Rob Stillwell
The trip to Iraq was one of the most grueling and hardest things I've ever done. One day it was 140 degrees. But it was also the most rewarding experience. I never felt so appreciated. I've played a lot of bars and at sterile corporate events, but the troops really welcome you with open arms.
Singer Gina Notrica
2,000 deaths highlight the cost of this war, but people really need to understand the urgency with which we need to bring [the troops] home.
Anne Roesler
What exactly HAS the military done to get to the bottom of this? They launched an investigation that lasted, apparently, a matter of hours. And now they tell us there's nothing they can do, and nothing they're going to do, about the outright racist abuse of Muslims by U.S. troops.
John Aravosis
With troops in combat, the Congress has a non-negotiable obligation to weigh in heavily on the side of immediate and near-term needs of the military, particularly the Army. In some cases, this means cutting funds from pie-in-the-sky programs that may work out down the road and funding things that we know work today.
Neil Abercrombie
We should recognize that most Americans are focused on an exit strategy in Iraq. Even if withdrawal timelines are deemed unwise because they might provide a strategic advantage to the insurgency, the American people need to more fully understand the basis upon which our troops are likely to come home.
Richard Lugar
The central point in our relationship with the Middle East is being successful in balancing all of our goals in the area are. We have made progress in creating peace ... and have shown that we are willing to commit troops and sacrifice our own blood in the interest of stability in the region.
Daniel Kurtzer
It is time to get the troops out of Iraq and put them on the Mexican border. Thousands of Mexicans and other illegal aliens from other countries come into this country every day. This is an invasion, not immigration.
Paul Streitz
John Kerry's shifting positions, his contradictions, his pessimism and his hopeless rhetoric send the wrong message to our troops, to our allies, to our enemies and to the world.
Steve Schmidt
Wal-Mart has a long history supporting our troops and their families. We are proud to be a part of a program that will provide important resources to the children of our servicemen and servicewomen who bravely serve our country and defend our freedom.
Betsy Reithemeyer
Hopefully, other communities start to see that they have soldiers in similar situations in their towns, and that they can do the same thing. We need to show our troops that we support what they have sacrificed.
Mike Conklin
This is a war that has been fought by troops out of hometowns, from the ranks of the National Guard and Reserves.
David Broder
I think we've got to train the Iraqis as quickly as we can and to a point where we take one of the focal points of terrorist motivation away, and that is foreign troops.
Peter Cosgrove
If the Army could say, 'you will be home for this period and then on this date you will deploy,' the Soldiers would be much happier. Not knowing is a stressor on the troops.
Peter Brzezinski
They [PSG troops] left for Crow valley for test firing training at 4 a.m. yesterday [Tuesday]. They are not reinforcements.
Captain Ramon Zagala
If we are putting our troops in imminent danger, we must do our best to provide them with peace of mind as well.
Leonard Boswell
I also know he cannot lead troops to victory in a war when he has made it perfectly clear that he does not support the cause.
Tommy Franks
As long as there's unrest in the Middle East and troops in Iraq, commodity prices will remain high. Oil and gas companies are spending greater amounts of capital investing in exploration and development, which is our particular niche, and that's going to generate a lot of projects in the coming years.
Alexander Kinzler
Our troops deserve nothing less than the best possible protection. They need to know that not only is the best equipment being provided to them, but that it is being done in a timely manner.
Duncan Hunter
Some of the critics are seeing a connection where none is intended. People are perfectly within their rights to oppose the policy of war, but this is about supporting the troops.
Victoria Clarke
It's disingenuous to say that you support the troops and you don't support their mission — that's who the troops are.
William Greene
They should start pulling out the troops and turn it back to the Iraqis.
Kelly Reed
He has a strong record when it comes to supporting our troops. He believes we should continue to give our troops the resources they need to finish the job in Iraq, so we can bring them home as soon as possible.
Mark Kelly
We will provide additional funding for new resources to protect our troops against roadside bombs and makeshift improvised explosive devices that have been a major source of casualties.
Joel Kaplan
The two groups had been involved in previous fighting because of a long time feud. Troops have strict order to confiscate illegal weapons in the area and to prevent hostilities from breaking out again.
Major Gamal Hayudini
The best way we can support our troops is to keep them out of Kosovo, out of a protracted war that, in my opinion, we are not going to end up winning.
James Inhofe
You must have overwhelming force at the point of contact, ... That can be numbers of troops, superior knowledge, intelligence or firepower.
Don Shepperd
He will be spending the holidays with the troops.
John Wooden
(Supporting troops) is important because they don't have places to go. ... They need people thinking of them.
Andrew Kelly
Finally at around 5 a.m., we heard firing and the noise of a helicopter. When the kidnappers saw the government troops moving in, two of them who were armed with Kalashnikovs, held the rifles above their heads and then put them down on the ground. The soldiers arrested the kidnappers and took them to the helicopter.
Maura Tonetto
I was on a troop transport that carried Army troops from New York to Germany. I know how cold the Atlantic Ocean can get. While I was reading that, I could feel the cold winds blow.
Harry Lawwill
For him to come into town and give a lecture about leadership is an ultimate insult to our intelligence - that's why we're protesting. He's supposed to be a soldier himself, and he sold out our own troops and sent them needlessly into combat. That's horrendous and egregious.
Mike Glick
The first one, I was kind of stunned. When I got to the end zone, I saluted the troops I saw in the stands. The second one, I was real anxious. I wanted it so bad. My mind was going in 100 directions.
Brandon Breazell
Support troops by rejecting unjust wars.
Richard Knight
There was not any advance of Russian troops over the last five weeks. Grozny is not blocked to the west or to the east. Russians only have control in the north.
Movladi Udugov
Praying can make a difference, and it is up to all of us to try that, with faith, and see if it will not support these admirable troops, their spouses, and their families.
Michael Enzi
Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of a few dozen mounted Spaniards to defeat Indian armies numbering in the thousands.
Jared Diamond
The one remaining option was an order to shoot, but I was not prepared to order the troops to shoot Lebanese citizens.
Hassan Sabei
We need your troops here.
Asadullah Khalid
I guess in their rush to the Gulf Coast to secure reconstruction contracts, they forgot about the troops who are protecting them over in Iraq.
Carolyn Maloney
The traveller must, of course, always be cautious of the overly broad generalisation. But I am an American, and a paucity of data does not stop me from making sweeping, vague, conceptual statements and, if necessary, following these statements up with troops.
George Saunders
They have generally 99 percent Soviet- and Russian-made equipment, and they have all necessary equipment to make effective damage to federal troops and to fight them during a long period of time: Land mines, small and light weapons, air-to-air missiles.
Ruslan Pukhov
I have run into people who don't support the president's views on Iraq or our objectives, but I haven't run into a single person who said (he or she) doesn't support the troops. I think our society learned from Vietnam that it's not the men and women who sacrifice their lives and signed on the dotted lines who make up the plans and objectives. I think pretty much everyone supports the troops.
Jason Crawford
It doesn't matter as far as the foreign policy goes. But, it matters for the message for the troops, this is all about them. Whether we believe in the job they're doing over there or whether we don't believe the job they're doing over there, and at this point I'm very disappointed that the City of La Crosse is going toward that they don't believe in the job the troops are doing.
Chris Muller
I am proud of our president, our troops, and our allies, ... Yes, we are fighting to preserve our national security. But we are also fighting to preserve the universal ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Dennis Hastert
If one of our troops has a malfunction or runs out of ammunition, he or she can still continue the engagement with opposition weaponry if they know how to use it.
Larry Babits
[But training isn't a one-way experience.] The Afghan soldiers are able to teach us how the enemy fights, ... The Afghan troops are also very physically fit -- and they will work the daylights out of us.
Jason Kamiya
FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London -- 'Rubbish may be shot here.'
Ambrose Bierce
There is a heavy build-up of troops on both sides of the border. It has been quite bad in the last three weeks. I think there is some cause for concern.
George Somerwill
Neither George W. Bush nor John Kerry, as campaigners, wants to risk advocating cut-and-run in Iraq. With the war looming as the decisive issue in this presidential campaign, neither candidate dares appear a defeatist. But it is a given that, whoever the winner is, he will not risk losing another 1,000 troops if that is what's needed to win the war.
Bob Novak
These guys are just looking for a bright spot in their day and this love letter could be the next best thing to being at home on the holiday. A simple card can mean the world to our troops.
Diane Rullan
No-one had anticipated troops being there as long as this.
Katherine Jenkins
Yeah, I volunteered to support the troops, and get out there and show them that we care about them.
Gary Sinise
Unfortunately, there are those who prey on the troops.
Fred Becker
[Bush then said,] May God Bless the troops, ... May God Bless America.
Tommy Franks
We're here in Toronto and Canada to put Stephen Harper on notice that it's time for our troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Dylan Penner
I think all they were doing was talking to the troops and letting them know what to expect.
Allison Barber
When we moved through the country, our goal was to move quickly and get to Baghdad, and there were not sufficient troops to secure the Iraqi ammunition dumps.
Jeremiah Gertler
If the five or six bombs' worth of plutonium they are sitting on ends up going into nuclear weapons, then I think we are really reaching a watershed moment where the U.S., its troops in the region and its allies are threatened by a nuclear North Korea, with, I think, very significant regional and global consequences.
Jon Wolfsthal
I shall begin my march for Camp tomorrow morning. It was not in my power to move until I could procure shoes for the troops almost barefoot.
Anthony Wayne
Do everything in their power to try to stop the march of freedom. And our troops are ready for it.
George Casey
Not one more dime, not one more life. Demand that our troops be brought home now.
Jessica White
France is clearly going to defend French troops and French citizens that are under attack.
John C. Danforth
There's no way in hell Merkel will send troops to Iraq. But what her visit will definitely do is set a tone--not necessarily set a policy. I wouldn't count on there being an announcement that Bush has just signed on to Kyoto.
Jackson Janes
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. the supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States.
Noah Webster
The major difference is that in the fall we had 22 percent of college students saying we should withdraw all troops and now we only have 11 percent who say that. However, the percentage of college students who think we should withdraw some troops is much higher.
Krister Anderson
It kinda felt good because they (troops) are over there so far from home.
Patrick Bradley
The Army has truly distinguished itself over the last several years adapting to some very difficult circumstances. But the fact is the troops are tired now and a lot of their equipment is in the shop.
Michael O'hanlon
I want Cindy to have an understanding that we still have troops over there with boots on the ground, and all this negative rhetoric hurts them.
Deborah Johns
I'd like the troops to come home and the money put to better use. We have enough problems in this country without going abroad.
Barbara Evans
As the Ethiopian government has reiterated on numerous occasions, it has no interest in occupying sovereign Eritrean territory and, having achieved its goals, it has withdrawn its troops accordingly.
Selome Taddesse
There's a lot of technology on the battlefield to better track the position of our troops.
Larry Greer
Maybe John Kerry does not know – but I am happy to explain it to him – that my commitment to withdraw the troops goes back before the tragic, dramatic terrorist attack.
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
The Ad Council is launching America Supports You because we know that America's support of the military has an incredibly positive impact on the troops that are serving abroad.
Peggy Conlon
The questions that Cindy Sheehan has for George Bush are now questions for members of Congress and decision-makers across the country. We are not here to make deals with the lives of our children. We will be calling on all decision-makers to bring the troops home now.
Nancy Lessin
The mere fact there is a possibility for Canadian troops to be charged demonstrates how fundamentally flawed this detainee transfer arrangement is.
Michael Byers
Indeed, the freedoms we champion are as important to our success in Iraq and Afghanistan as the guns and missiles with which out troops are armed, ... As President Bush said, we fight to spread freedom so the freedoms of Americans will be made more secure.
Alvin Hellerstein
Both units, U. S. and Iraqi, have surged quite a few forces out into the battle space in order to have a lot of troops on the ground. And so if there are vehicles moving on the roads tomorrow, they'll be stopped and questioned.
David Bishop
Before Sept. 11, (2001), we were receiving about 5,500 combat boots a month for the troops. There's been a huge surge since the war and we've upped that demand to 85,000 a month. We've asked our suppliers to ramp up production. If they can make just one more, we'll take it.
Frank Johnson
It's disingenuous to say that you support the troops and you don't support their mission that's who the troops are.
William Greene
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.
Holly Johnson
When the war first broke out, I was commissioned to paint dozens of the 'Support our Troops' banners. Now, I only have two. It's like no one wants to be reminded that we are at war. It is life as usual.
Diane Schmidt
Even if withdrawal timelines are deemed unwise because they might provide a strategic advantage to the insurgency, the American people need to more fully understand the basis upon which our troops are likely to come home.
Richard Lugar
I think you've got to take your shot and hope for the troops to rally behind you.
Kevin Bentley
If you stand firm, support your troops, there's going to be less killed. I think they're mutually exclusive - supporting your troops and wanting to withdraw; there's no parallel. I'm not close-minded. I would certainly not argue anyone's right to protest. I'm just basing it on what I've seen.
Thomas Truex
There is a saying that the Kurdish have no friends except for mountains. Now, we have another friend, Korean troops. They are part of our society.
Masoud Barzani
I see no reason whatsoever why there should be British troops in any part of my country, and particularly in the almost eighth year of two IRA decisions, why people should have more contact with British troops than they had previously.
Gerry Adams
Our troops are using right now in Iraq.
Terry Mcauliffe
If you wanted troops there sooner, the governor could have let Bush federalize the guard and send active duty troops in to do law enforcement she resisted that.
Rich Lowry
We won't be able to send generic messages to the troops or a note addressed to an entire company. There are too many issues with shipping.
Diane Rullan
My goal is to improve my basketball IQ as a point guard. I'm working on getting everyone involved. I'm the floor general out there and I want to get all the troops ready. I like the role. I just want the Ws.
Rashaun Broadus
[The presence of foreign troops in Congo was] an injustice that has to be solved sooner than later, ... I hope we will be successful this time around.
Joseph Kabila
This is a life-and-death issue for young American troops and I might add some of those troops are Puerto Rican troops.
James Inhofe
We told him to withdraw his troops from Iraq, because the occupation is only promoting more radicalism and new acts of terrorism.
Din Syamsudin
If you get too far ahead of your troops, you'll turn around and they won't be behind you.
Barry Dubin
[The White House had no comment, except to point to Bush's past statements rejecting a withdrawal timetable, a position shared by Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.).] Like other members of the caucus, he's been calling for some benchmarks from the administration to measure progress, ... but he is opposed to setting a date certain for withdrawal, concerned that would undercut the troops.
Jim Manley
I believe now there's no justification for spending $300 million a year in keeping foreign troops in Burundi. I would like to find a way to get that 300 million dollars into the economy and the social infrastructure.
Carolyn Mcaskie
There was nothing that we heard today to suggest that we are coming out of Iraq soon. There is no indication from the president or the leadership that they have a plan that will bring our troops home soon.
Richard Durbin
The war is illegal under international law. We want the immediate withdrawal of the Self Defense Forces and from Iraq along with all foreign troops.
Takeshiko Tsukushi
We are primarily here to present an alternative message. We support the troops and the mission.
Keith Warren
Since yesterday there have been reinforcement of government troops in that area, especially those with arms.
Osman Siddique
[Or in Chattanooga, Tenn., where people fret that a nearby nuclear-power plant and the hydroelectric dam in the middle of town are being left vulnerable.] The terrorists are still here, ... I really do worry about our troops' being sent overseas and depleting our homeland security.
Thomas Murphy
My children told me what was going to happen to our troops if we went into Iraq before the war, ... They said we'd lose one or two soldiers a day by sniper fire until we pull out of there. They were right.
Robert Moran
Joe Biden, the Democrat from Delaware, says there are about 3,000 in his estimation, 3,000, Iraqi security forces. After 28 months in the war, what is your sense? How many Iraqi troops are there, and when will there be enough Iraqi troops so Americans can come home?
Tim Russert
It's a great way to honor our troops.
Mayor David Cartmell
It puts a human face on this issue. Many people, if they don't have a personal connection to the troops, it's so easy for this to become a discussion that lacks seriousness and urgency. I think it's good to show that there are real people that are being affected.
Coleen Rowley
This war has brought nothing but death and destruction to Iraq. Bringing the troops home is a first step to ending the war.
Phyllis Bennis
Good morning, Katie. Now in advance of tomorrow's referendum vote in Iraq, the White House held this event and described it as a way to highlight that milestone and to thank the troops. Now in addition to the President talking about U.S. policy there, they handed the microphone to soldiers and that's the part that got interesting. A question-and-answer session via satellite.
Kelly O'donnell
He's misstated my position. It's been clear that the stunning incompetence of this administration has let down our troops in Iraq. The administration has failed to properly plan while our troops have gone above and beyond the call of duty.
Joe Donnelly
As Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Oregon National Guard - with more than 1300 Guard troops and many other Oregon soldiers deployed overseas - it is my responsibility to ask whether our national leadership, which had a plan for starting this war, also has a plan for ending it.
Ted Kulongoski
It was a great send-off with lots of people turning out to support our troops.
Dorothy Russell
I think the fact the Canadian government acted very responsibly will carry some weight in the Muslim world. That being said I think people who choose to print the cartoons could put our troops in danger.
Riad Saloojee
I'm here to tell you that military families support our troops AND their mission ? in spite of what people like Cindy Sheehan say. Cindy Sheehan certainly doesn't speak for me, our military families or our men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan .
Deborah Johns
We're seeing rapid changes in public opinion in favor of ending the war and bringing back the troops and it's beginning to be reflected in Congress.
Phyllis Bennis
We will continue to protest until all American troops are not sent back from Pakistan, until parliament is made sovereign and until an independent election commission is constituted.
Shahid Shamsi
Cindy Sheehan has tapped into a latent but fervent feeling among some in this country who would prefer that we not engage our troops in Iraq.
Kellyanne Conway
I was here during the elections a couple weeks ago. We had the troops from the Royal Irish Regiment with us, and we were helping to keep the population calm. We are actually helping the troops on the ground, and we have a hand in helping Iraq become a free country.
William Rush
If it's 26 percent, then the number of troops withdrawn will be the same, 26 percent.
Sofyan Djalil
We have a responsibility to our troops. Our nation stands divided. This war is not about us. We fight for those who can't fight for themselves like my husband did. Our soldiers are doing what it takes to keep another Sept. 11 from happening anywhere in our world.
Deena Burnett
It is my hope and prayer that our statement against the war in Iraq will be heard loud and clear by our fellow United Methodists, President Bush and Vice President Cheney. Conservative and liberal board members worked together to craft a strong statement calling for the troops to come home and for those responsible for leading us into this disastrous war to be held accountable.
Jim Winkler
The Americans know better than anyone that their troops in the region and in Iraq are vulnerable. I would advise them not to commit such a strategic error.
General Yahya Rahim Safavi
I have to support my troops.
Michelle Cornellier
While we are in the process of deploying U.S. Army troops for possible combat in Iraq, the Administration decides to cut funding for their children's education.
Chet Edwards
To suggest that we need several hundred thousand troops there after military operations cease, after the conflict ends, I don't think is accurate. I think that's an overstatement.
Tim Russert
No question. We're certainly appreciative. We're glad to have him. I think his presence has done a lot for our team. I think what he adds is a confidence. He's very confident in his ability, and any time your chief and your general is confident, the troops will follow.
Corey Chavous
A few moments ago, he stopped a truck full of National Guard troops ... and said, 'Point your weapons down, this is not Iraq,' .
Barbara Starr
Fourteen thousand troops are in Orleans Parish. At present they are actively patrolling all areas of the city and running nightly reconnaissance to prevent further looting.
Sherry Landry
I believe sincerely that we should bring in U.N. peacekeepers and bring our troops home.
Dennis Kucinich
If full-scale civil war erupts -- and Iraq appears to be awfully close to that at this point -- even 134,000 troops could be in a highly vulnerable position, especially when you consider how many true combat troops we have there.
Ted Carpenter
We'll take a look at how the provisions mesh with existing law and we'll attempt to shape a bill that does the right things in protecting our troops and, at the same time, ensuring that detainees are treated appropriately.
Duncan Hunter
As I think about his leadership, I think of the courage it took for our commander in chief to land on an airstrip in the dark of night, a world away, to be with our troops on Thanksgiving.
Bernard Kerik
I would agree that Saddam Hussein was bad, but I don't know that invading or sending troops over there, and the amount of troops that we have, is completely necessary.
Lauren Smith
We must not recall our troops because a band of assassins have demanded it.
Francesco Rutelli
If I have any choice I would prefer Western Troops.
John Buford
It is the strong hope of the United States that Japan will decide to maintain its troops in Iraq beyond December of this year.
Nicholas Burns
The purposes are lost. They need to come home. Right now, they're sitting ducks and our troops are going to die in vain.
Linda Thomas
We're doing it better as troops are released. They allegedly get a good briefing as to what the veterans benefits are.
George Morgan
National Guard troops patrol the nation's airports wearing jungle camouflage uniforms and carrying fixed bayonets. Nevertheless, it's done nothing to hold down crime at airports. they're still charging $4 for a candy bar.
Argus Hamilton
It is important to help the troops stay healthy as they help others.
Robert Horton
I support the troops. This is tough time right now. I think a lot of people in our industry are afraid to speak out. I had a drink with Sean Penn the other night. He went over to baghdad in December just to see for himself what was going on. And that guy is as American as anybody I ever met.
Bill Paxton
We show our support and love the troops, whatever our opinion.
Dennis Kucinich
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