#civilians

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Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those affected.


Martin Van Creveld


#also #civilians #constitute #desert #except

The war against terrorism should not be used to interfere with an independent, sovereign state. We need to identify concrete terrorist targets and do no harm to civilians.


Nong Duc Manh


#civilians #concrete #harm #identify #independent

At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.


Charles Rangel


#civilians #died #field #iraqi #killing

Warfare against civilians must never be answered in kind. Terror must never be answered with terror.


Caleb Carr


#answered #civilians #kind #must #never

Thousands of civilians have lost their lives to terrorist attacks inside Pakistan, and thousands more will - because, unlike the Pakistani government, which has no coherent policy to deal with the radicals, the Taliban have one to deal with Pakistan and its citizens.


Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy


#because #citizens #civilians #coherent #deal

Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set off bombs, attack Iraqi civilians and try to spark sectarian strife. But ultimately, these terrorists will fail to achieve their goals.


Barack Obama


#attack #bombs #civilians #combat #continue

Just as in policing there is an emphasis on civilians to help with paperwork, we must free up trained and experienced social workers to focus on children, not bureaucracy.


Andy Sawford


#children #civilians #emphasis #experienced #focus

Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.


Theodore C. Sorensen


#better #civilians #including #innocent #innocent civilians

It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash.


Fred Woodworth


#civilians #combat #get #healthy #healthy way

The vital thing for me is to integrate the history from above with the history from below because only in that way can you show the true consequences of the decisions of Hitler or Stalin or whomever on the ordinary civilians caught up in the battle.


Antony Beevor


#battle #because #below #caught #civilians