John Buford Quotes

I believe sincerely that we should bring in U.N. peacekeepers and bring our troops home.

We will not send troops. Germany is not committed to Iraq - we will not commit ourselves with troops.

It's not the job of the U.S. military to do nation-building or produce democratic utopias.

I don't think we would have had to be an occupying power if we had done the right thing in 1991.

I would hope that we have in place the adequate resources to become an army of occupation because you’re going to walk into chaos

I don’t think our troops ought to be used for what’s called nation-building. I think our troops ought to be used to fight and win war.

Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping.

We take our international responsibilities very seriously and will not withdraw our troops from Iraq... Otherwise, the victims of terror in Madrid will have died in vain.

We must use all the tools of American power in resolving disputes, including diplomacy. And we must have sufficient congressional debate and oversight before ever putting another U.S. solider in harm's way.

We are a country that has many friends, many allies, when we operate in the world, we operate with friends and allies that's been true for decades and if we wind up going to war in Iraq it will be true in Iraq.

As we've seen, deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense. Countries typically don't want foreign soldiers in their cities and towns.

It is one thing to be against unilateralism and against nonhumanitarian interventionism - but it is quite another thing to be against humanitarian interventionism.

The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.

Our opponent and many in Congress criticized our decision to end the Iraq war.

I believe very deeply in the proposition that what we did in Iraq was the right thing to do. It was hard to do. It took a long time. There were significant costs involved.

It's not easy being the world's policeman. No one thanks you for it.

Intervention continues to be a prominent dimension of the post-cold war world.

We got involved in the Rwanda peace process for the simple reason that there was a decision which was taken by the Security Council, because the troops were in Uganda, and we decided to have a military presence.

When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility.

As the U.S., the world is questioning why not end it, and so if, in fact, we were to pull out, the world would definitely question why we did this to begin with. But I still believe the world would call upon us for help if they needed it.

Today, member states have asked U. N. forces to go where they have not wanted their own soldiers to venture.

I don’t like genocide, but I would not commit our troops [to stop it.]

I would be very careful about using our troops as nation builders. I believe the role of the military is to fight and win war and therefore prevent war from happening in the first place

Someone should tell the president that U.S. forces would need to be in Iraq for two to five years, and they will not have an easy time there.

If American lives must end, and American treasure be spilled, in countries we barely know, that is the price that change has demanded of conviction and of our enduring covenant.