LAWRENCE KORB

Because the United States now leads the world in arms deliveries by such a wide margin, Washington has little credibility when it chides other governments for transferring weapons to U. S. enemies.

We need to stop spending money on those weapons systems that do not advance national security.

The highest levels of the U.S. military, the Defense Department, and the White House must be held accountable for putting our troops at greater risk and diminishing Americas moral authority across the globe.

…allies such as Bahrain are liable to use their American made weapons against their own people.

There's been an increase in the number of Iraqis in training, but more Americans are dying and violence is increasing.

We couldn't go to war without them, and we couldn't win without them.

This is still a man's profession, with a lot of men who intellectually and emotionally have not accepted that the military could be women's work.

Our military structure and tactics have been designed more to protect the service interest than the national interest.

It costs us $1 million for every troop[soldier] in Afghanistan.

1 in every 5 dollars that Washington [the United States] earns from arms exports is actually paid for by U. S. taxpayers.

With Guard and Reserve units, you can end up with a lot of people from one part of the country dying in one day, and that gets people's attention.

This is still a man's profession, with a lot of men who intellectually and emotionally have not accepted that the military could be women's work.

If Kuwait grew carrots we wouldn't give a damn.

There's been an increase in the number of Iraqis in training, but more Americans are dying and violence is increasing.

We need to stop spending money on those weapons systems that do not advance national security.

Our military structure and tactics have been designed more to protect the service interest than the national interest.

We couldn't go to war without them, and we couldn't win without them.

You've got your maximum amount of power in your honeymoon period. The decisions may be wrong, history may prove them wrong, but at least you do it.

…allies such as Bahrain are liable to use their American made weapons against their own people.

Because the United States now leads the world in arms deliveries by such a wide margin, Washington has little credibility when it chides other governments for transferring weapons to U. S. enemies.

1 in every 5 dollars that Washington [the United States] earns from arms exports is actually paid for by U. S. taxpayers.

It costs us $1 million for every troop[soldier] in Afghanistan.

The highest levels of the U.S. military, the Defense Department, and the White House must be held accountable for putting our troops at greater risk and diminishing Americas moral authority across the globe.