#military

Military intervention cannot liberate women because it is embedded within a set of assumptions, beliefs, and social relations that reinforce and reproduce gender inequality, as well as other social inequalities within and across nation-states. Military intervention depends upon a belief in the legitimacy of armed violence in resolving political problems, which in turn depends upon our adherence to particular ideas about what it means to be a man or a woman. ↗

— Nadje Al-Ali

#liberation #men #military #war #women

Soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than the orders they've been given. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#soldiers #military

I will never quit. My nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down i will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my enemies and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight. ↗

— Marcus Luttrell

#military

-You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot! ↗

— Joseph Heller

#authority #conservatism #conservatives #military #right-wingers

You know, Savannah, if you cry, I won’t tell anyone,’ Ken said quietly. ‘I promise. ↗

— Suzanne Brockmann

#romance #romantic #romantic-suspense #romantic

I thought you were more like GI Joe, but now that I know about the cape, you sound more like Superman." Mia Kensington to Colby Winters ↗

— Cristin Harber

#romance-novel #romantic-suspense #romantic

Friendly fire was never friendly, and it was coming. Operation Stand-and-Watch was over. Did that mean Operation Bust-His-Balls was on deck? ↗

— Cristin Harber

#romance-novel #romantic-suspense #romantic

The thing about people who are truly and malignantly crazy: their real genius is for making the people around them think they themselves are crazy. In military science this is called Psy-Ops, for your info. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#mental-illness #military-science #science

Kevyn, I'm promoting you from Tech Sergeant to Munitions Commander. I want you to take responsibility for all Company weapons. Munitions Commander? Why me? I don't know. Call it "suspicion of extreme competence" on my part. -Captain Tagon & Commander Kevyn Andreyasn ↗

— Howard Tayler

#humour #military #promotion #sci-fi #weapons

When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#come running #confrontation #everybody #military #pick