Pat Roberts Quotes

I can see that aerial warfare is actually scientific murder.

Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.

I think its man's nature to go to war and fight.

From the day war conquered the skies, nothing could check its progress.

A hostile airship hovering over London … could inflict enormous damage.

I think, sir, that these aeroplanes are going to spoil war. When they come over I can only tell my men to cover their heads with hay and make a noise like a mushroom!

We need to significantly increase the number of bombing runs we're conducting in Iraq and Syria.

Air superiority, which the United States has taken for granted since World War II, is no longer assured. And, without control of the skies, U.S. ships and soldiers would be vulnerable in ways that are difficult to imagine.

When I'm fighting it's just search and destroy.

'The War in the Air' describes the destruction of Manhattan by air attack.

Air power can either paralyze the enemy's military action or compel him to devote to the defense of his bases and communications a share of his straitened resources far greater that what we need in the attack.

From now on we shall bomb Germany on an ever-increasing scale, month by month, year by year, until the Nazi regime has either been exterminated by us or - better still - torn to pieces by the German people themselves.

I have a mathematical certainty that the future will confirm my assertion that aerial warfare will be the most important element in future wars, and that in consequence not only will the importance of the Independent Air Force rapidly increase, but the importance of the army and navy will decrease in proportion.

Тhe battlefield in the air will be the decisive one

I had volunteered for the Air Force and was an enthusiastic bombardier. While dropping bombs on Europe, I generally didn't understand what I was doing.

The bastards have never been bombed like they're going to be bombed this time.

Was there ever a war where only one side bled?

There are plenty of good reasons for fighting.

Oh say, can you see, it's really such a mess. Every inch of earth is a fighting nest. Giant pencial and lipstick tube shaped things, continue to rain and cause scream and pain, and the arctic stains from silver blue to bloody red.

If you talk to these young men and women who are fighting, they'll tell you that they think it's a worthwhile cause, and they're fighting for freedom, and they-well, they-all I'm saying-the overwhelming majority of them do.

It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.

Oh, goodie. Let the bloodbath commence. (Zarek)

We're giving them a real lesson today. Heavy doesn't accurately describe the level of casualties we have inflicted.

People like Mr. Hitchens are ready to fight to the last drop of other people's blood, and it's utterly and completely contemptible.

The sad truth is that you can have peace processes all you like, but if one side is committed to war, then it's war.