#casualties

Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could use WMDs, is by acquiring information that allows for pre-emptive action. ↗

— John Yoo

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The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

#career #casualties #content #endeavors #even

Our reports about civilian casualties here, about the resistance of the Iraqi forces, are going back to the United States. It helps those who oppose the war when you challenge the policy to develop their arguments. ↗

— Peter Arnett

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Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population. ↗

— John O. Brennan

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I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind. ↗

— George C. Marshall

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Computer hacking really results in financial losses and hassles. The objectives of terrorist groups are more serious. That is not to say that cyber groups can't access a telephone switch in Manhattan on a day like 9/11, shut it down, and therefore cause more casualties. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

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The military's own report says that one-third of deaths and casualties could have been avoided if proper body armor and vehicle armor had been provided from the start of the war. ↗

— John Olver

#avoided #been #body #casualties #could

In South Texas, we understand how vital port security is and we fear the day a weapon of mass destruction could be brought into a U.S. port in a container and cause hundreds of thousands of casualties. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

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Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties. ↗

— John Irving

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One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#battlefield #casualties #down #great #great society