Rachel Maddow Quotes about Military

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The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army. ... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian government for power in our new country, and of course they worried

The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army. ... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian government for power in our new country, and of course they worried that having a standing army around would create too much of a temptation to use it.

Rachel Maddow

Country, Powerful, Military

Rachel Maddow (2012). “Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power”, p.8, Broadway Books

If the military contractors are out of Afghanistan, Karzai is out 15 minutes later.

Rachel Maddow

Military, Politics, Minutes

we ought to realize by now (see Korea, see Vietnam, see Afghanistan, see Iraq, see Iran) that deploying the US military, or dealing billions of dollars a year of arms to our ally of the moment that can serve as a regional rival to our enemy of the moment, is not always the best way to make threats go away. Our military and weapons prowess is a fantastic and perfectly weighted hammer, but that doesn't make every international problem a nail.

Rachel Maddow

Military, Iran, Korea

Rachel Maddow (2012). “Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power”, p.251, Broadway Books

Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.

Rachel Maddow

Military, Preparedness, Form

"'Drift': Rachel Maddow On Why We Go To War". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. May 7, 2012.

As proud and capable as it is, I think the idea that the military can build new countries is a tall order, and it's the sort of thing that we would only expect from a military that we have superresourced and thought of as supercapable.

Rachel Maddow

Country, Military, Thinking