RALPH PETERS

In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.

Social peace requires reciprocity.

The M-1 is the best tank in the world, if you can get it to the war in time, if you have a Saddam Hussein who'll give you seven months to move your forces in.

Each day, each one of us chooses not to do many things that would be legal but offensive to those around us.

Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so.

We will not be beaten. But we may be shamed and embarrassed on a needlessly long road to victory.

I've been to many countries and watched a number of conflicts or their residue, and I've served in the military.

The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul.

When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life.

Jihad expands Islam's domain by any means available.

Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.

The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.

If there is a single power that the West underestimates, it is the power of collective hatred.

We seek a logical understanding of mass violence, but war and civil strife rarely explode because of rational grievances. Complaints about oppression, poverty or injustice may serve as superficial catalysts, but few wars can be traced to objective decision-making by the dispassionate leaders of cool-headed populations. War is an act of passion, not of policy.

Historically, the common denominator of successful counterinsurgency operations is that only an uncompromising military approach works—not winning hearts and minds nor a negotiated compromise… military sticks are much more important than civilian carrots.

Our president seems determined to do anything he can with the Russians and the Russians hate - but a report and hates us. He is malevolent and he is as close to pure evil as I can find. He's also brilliant. I don't understand what any American would want an alliance with Russia. We should be strengthening our alliance with democracies instead of trashing nato we should be building it up much more strongly.

A soldier's longing to talk about his experiences of battle is a wound that never heals.

The extremes to which Western elites will go to avoid blaming radical Islam for terrorism cripples our efforts to protect innocent Muslims. Terrified of offending butchers, we insist that we're the bigots, not them. We make excuses for monsters.

We have moved from an age in which government leaders sought to do what was best for the people to one in which the political leadership is convinced it knows what is best for the people, whether they like it or not.

We [Americans] choose not to understand the world on terms other than our own.

A nation that is Christian at its heart doesn't need to write it into law.

I fear that we read of war, like women gossip, to enjoy the bitter misery of others.

We [the U.S.] think nothing... of attempting to inflict upon other peoples forms of government ill-tailored to their needs.

Vladimir Putin hates America, he wants to hurt us. Suddenly Vladimir Putin is a good guy, Russia is okay, no it's not. Russia is evil, Russia is our enemy.

There is no lack of bravery in the ranks of our armed forces, but bureaucratic cowardice rules in our intelligence establishment (as well as at the higher levels of military command).