Troops Quotes

From an early age I was aware of what America meant, and how the Marines at Camp Pendleton were ready to defend us at a moment's notice. I also remember what fabulous bodies those troops had.

I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness as possible.

As the rising sun melts thinly frozen ice, so the Japanese Army is overcoming Chinese troops.

I don't believe that being against the war can be equated with being non-supportive of our troops.

Our troops are in Burundi. We were requested by African countries who said, look, the United Nations is not moving on this matter, can you people deploy people, so we can move Burundi forward.

I just don't see why anybody would vote Republican in the Army. If you want to support the troops, if I was a troop, I would say, 'You know how to support me? Don't send me to stupid wars.'

Obama says he's bringing 10,000 troops home. The Republicans are calling it a failed jobs program.

I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send me enough of them.

I wish black people had a flag they could put into the ground, like when the troops stormed Iwo Jima.

I was not in favor of U.S. troops in Lebanon. And I voted against it.

Officers in command of colored troops are in constant habit of pressing all able-bodied slaves into the military service of the U.S.

It is not helpful to have those kind of comments come out when we've got troops in combat.

I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.

I would not have had our troops in Iraq.

I will begin to remove our troops from Iraq immediately.

You can't lead your troops if your troops do not trust you.

I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation building.

I feel a sense of obligation to our troops and their families because of the decisions that I made. So I'm involved with veterans.

Pushing legislation that would undercut our troops just as we're beginning to make progress in Baghdad.

The only way that American troops could have stayed in Iraq is to get an agreement from the then-Iraqi government that would have protected our troops, and the Iraqi government would not give that.

George W. Bush made the agreement about when American troops would leave Iraq, not Barack Obama.

We need to embed our forces - our troops inside the Iraqi military. We need to arm directly the Kurds. And all of that has to be done in concert with the Arab nations.

I have repeatedly said, when asked, that if the stories about me helped inspired our troops and rally a nation, then perhaps there was some good.

Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them.

I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations.

If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy.

We don't have enough American troops inside of Iraq to destroy ISIL any time soon.

The administration does not agree with those who suggest we should deploy hundreds of thousands of American troops to engage militarily in a ground war in Iraq.

Most of all, our troops from Alabama said they appreciate the care packages from folks back home.

A troop surge in Baghdad would put more American troops at risk to address a problem that is not a military problem.

Our troops are the best in the world. I have absolute confidence in the ability of the troops who are here, or additional troops, to do their part.

Absolutely without firing a shot and instead of 175,000 American troops deployed overseas we now have 15,000.

It was helpful to have the American troops there in great strength. They knew there'd be consequences if they didn't move back. Now, there has been some removal of the foreign forces.

American troops and American taxpayers are shouldering a huge burden with no end in sight because Mr. Bush took us to war on false premises and with no plan to win the peace.

I left home at 14 and I have friends who joined the navy and the army performing troops at 9. I know people [like that]. It's a very straightforward character.

General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy.

Nato allies have been looking at various missile-defence options for some time. Nato itself is developing protections for our deployed troops.

Canada used to be...one of our most...most loyal friends, and vice versa. I mean, Canada sent troops to Vietnam. Was Vietnam less containable and more of a threat than Saddam Hussein?

We're all looking for a plan that will work. The current plan is not working, and 21,500 additional troops -- it's a snowball in July. It's not going to work.

Inform all the troops that communications have completely broken down.

It's fair to say average Americans think that the average Afghan doesn't want American troops in their country.

Today, I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year.

We can rattle our sabers all we want but, realistically, we don't have troops for an invasion [Iran] and surgical strikes aren't going to work.

Toughest decision was early in my presidency when I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan. As somebody who had run to end a large troop presence overseas.

If you think that running your economy into the ground and having to send troops in in order to prop up your only ally is leadership, then we've got a different definition of leadership.

We're not going to put the cart before the horse and just think by sending more troops, we're automatically going to make Americans safe.

If you look at the current Mosul campaign against ISIL, for example the few thousand troops that we have there to support that effort allows the Iraqi military to move forward in an effective way.

It still puts burden on some troops of ours who are there [in Afghanistan and Iraq] as advisors and facilitators.

I think I can say without fear of contradiction that we could generate sorties at an extremely high level and bring very, very effective air power to bear in support of our troops.

But if you're going to go out on a military unit, you've got to allow yourself to be under the control of the commander because you really could put the troops in danger.