Gerhard Schroeder Military Quotations

Military options can not help. We have experienced it,

I see a military option a high-grade danger, ... Therefore I can certainly rule out that a German government under my leadership would take part in one.

I say 'yes' to pressure on Saddam Hussein ... but I can only warn against playing games with war and military intervention,

It was a task that did not have anything to do with military conflict, ... There is no reason to question the mission.

Whoever wants to settle this problem by military means must consider whether it advances the interests of an international alliance of 50 or more nations, many Muslim, or whether it will disturb and perhaps destroy this alliance,

We always said that the regime of Saddam Hussein does not correspondent to democracy and human rights... but you cannot solve such problems with military means.

I made clear I cannot accept the precondition that we must cease military activities first and then start negotiating. I'm sure the NATO partners see it the same way,

But take the military options off of the table; we have seen that they're not suitable,

I personally think it would be wrong to go in and suspend the military action,

What happened was a tragic accident. These were soldiers doing their job, defusing two Russian rockets. It had nothing to do with a military conflict,

We have a common interest to bring the military operation to a speedy and successful conclusion. I am certain that this success is not only necessary, but achievable.