Defense Cooperation Quotes

The alliance with the United States is and will always be the foundation of our diplomacy and national security.

America’s military defense capability owes more to the Israeli intelligence input than it does to any other single source of intelligence… it’s value is worth more than five CIAs

If we look decades ago, we know that NATO allies contributed a lot of equipment close to the border of the Soviet Union.

I think overall our national security is strengthened if we are able to make the decisions that we need and the alliances that we believe in outside the current structures of the European Union.

The Hungarian people voted for NATO membership. We are active in the joint actions of NATO.

Israel is absolutely critical to American national security.

NATO is based on shared values. Democracy, individual civil liberties and the rule of law. In public and also in meetings with the allies, I have repeatedly pointed out how crucial these common values are. They are the basis for our unity, and unity is the most important basis for our strength.

For more than a half a century, we know that we prospered because of a bipartisan consensus on defense and foreign policy. We must do more than return to that sensible, cooperative approach.

I suggested that we had experience in helping other countries build their military forces, and we would be willing and happy to do the same for Afghanistan, together with the United States.

The trans-Atlantic relationship is strong and must remain so. The U.S. is an ally in the camp of freedom. On security and military questions, whether in Iraq and Syria or in Africa, we are closely tied to one another.

The U.S. is looking to India as more then just a marketplace for our defense products, but as a technology, aerospace and strategic partner for our future endeavors.

NATO is an alliance, so all parts of the alliance have to be capable.

No organization has ever been more effective at preventing conflict than NATO.

Our primary objective in Latin America is to aid whenever necessary, the continual growth of the military and paramilitary forces, so that together with the police and other security forces, they may provide the necessary internal security.

I support all efforts to protect the security of the state of Israel.

There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.

The United States stands by its friends. Israel is one of its friends Peace can be based only on agreement between the parties and agreement can be achieved only through negotiations between them. The United States will not impose the terms of peace. The United States is prepared to supply military equipment necessary to support the efforts of friendly governments, like Israel's, to defend the safety of their people.

The cooperation of navies from around the world promises high tactical value for the ships, aircraft, and divers involved; while demonstrating international resolve in defending maritime security against potential threats.

If Israeli intelligence that has been shared with the United States - whether the National Security Agency, the C.I.A., the Defense Department, or the White House - is not safely guarded, Israel faces a major threat to its security. Cooperation with America's agencies is deeply embedded in Israel's intelligence community.

We provide transit facilities, we cooperate in equipping the Afghan army and security forces with arms and helicopters, we cooperate in training officers for law enforcement agencies.

There is a need for the European Union to use all potential we have on defense cooperation.

For India, the links with the United States/Israel are the centrepiece of its foreign policy.

As long as NATO changes when the world is changing, we will be very important for the security of all our allies, including the United States.

Our policy is European and Euro-Atlantic integration. There is no substitute for NATO.

Early in my term I will also be requesting that all NATO nations promptly pay their bills, which many are not now doing.