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casualties indelible left relative scale strikes
The 9/11 strikes left an indelible impact on our minds, but in relative terms, the scale of casualties actually wasn't all that high. Steven Pinker
casualties empathize people protest somehow
I think that's what is possible, that somehow her protest and her vigil will make more people empathize with the casualties than have previously done so. Doris Goodwin
casualties military prospect remains risk
I think the prospect for casualties remains very real and high, ... There is no such thing as a risk-free military operation. Henry Shelton
casualties either greater higher length likely war
Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side. Douglas Haig
casualties fighting ground invasion mounting national numbers soldiers thousands untold village week
Mounting a ground invasion here with hundreds of thousands, with tens of thousands of soldiers fighting from village to village, week by week, with untold numbers of casualties is not something we think is in our national interest, Samuel Berger
casualties exceeded might
Now we find out that the casualties might have exceeded 100.
casualties evidence incredible likely maybe seems
There is incredible evidence that the casualties are more than 50, maybe 80, ... and it seems likely that that's not the end of it. It may be higher, maybe substantially. Haley Barbour
casualties taliban
Our aim is always to minimise casualties and to separate a hardline Taliban from those who have been caught up in the insurgency. Bob Ainsworth
casualties civilian understand
We understand that there was some civilian casualties during the operation. We do not yet know how many casualties or how they occurred,
military next orders outlook remains sales tent unchanged until year
Our outlook for military tent sales this year and next remains unchanged until we have orders in hand,
military war army
At the end of the day...if your army won't fight, it's because they don't trust their incompetent, corrupt generals, they don't trust each other. This is an enduring civil war between the Shia, the Sunni, and the Kurds. So I don't think we've got any options and we'd be ill-advised to start bombing where we really can't sort out the combatants or understand where the civilian population is. Barry McCaffrey
military sight balance
For if we merely take what obviously appears the line of least resistance, its obviousness will appeal to the opponent also; and this line may no longer be that of least resistance. In studying the physical aspect, we must never lose sight of the psychological, and only when both are combined is the strategy truly an indirect approach, calculated to dislocate the opponent's balance. B. H. Liddell Hart
military lying cutting
The nearer the cutting off point lies to the main force of the enemy, the more immediate the effect; whereas the closer to the strategic base it takes place, the greater the effect.
military decision battle
[The] aim is not so much to seek battle as to seek a strategic situation so advantageous that if it does not of itself produce the decision, its continuation by a battle is sure to achieve this. In other words, dislocation is the aim of strategy.
military enemy purpose
In the case of a state that is seeking not conquest but the maintenance of its security, the aim is fulfilled if the threat is removed - if the enemy is led to abandon his purpose.
military men stupidity
No man can exactly calculate the capacity of human genius and stupidity, nor the incapacity of will.
military balance usual
The more usual reason for adopting a strategy of limited aim is that of awaiting a change in the balance of force ... The essential condition of such a strategy is that the drain on him should be disproportionately greater than on oneself.
military taken order
While hitting one must guard ... In order to hit with effect, the enemy must be taken off his guard.
prospects success
I think the prospects of success would have been diminished.
prospects short
There are not many prospects in the short term.
prospect
There has been no breakthrough to this point, and the prospect is not bright.
prospects
We have prospects now who can take all of the space.
prospects
In the Netherlands, we have had a difficult year and we are now getting out of this difficulty. So we have now growth prospects for 2014. Mark Rutte
prospects school
I didn't have very rosy prospects in school, Paul Sereno
prospects reached view
You had reached a pessimistic view about your company's prospects with the upcoming (copyright) case. Richard Cobden
prospect sure taking time valuable
We're taking our time with him. He's too valuable a prospect not to take your time with him. We want to make sure everything's done right and he can come back as well as can be expected.
remains time visibility
Our visibility is improving, but at the same time still remains low,
remains
I don't know. That remains to be seen. Marty Schottenheimer
remains trend volatile
Here, we also have a very volatile indicator. The trend remains downward. I don't think that has changed.
remains incomparable values
There remains an experience of incomparable value. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
remains
A painter once told me that I'm like the Khajuraho, which you see once but which remains with you forever. I thought that was exquisite. Vidya Balan
remains
Film remains completely mystical and mysterious to me. Nicolas Roeg
remains uncertain
In a difficult and uncertain environment, Renault remains on track to meet its 2012 objective. Carlos Ghosn
remains
My head is in India, yet my body remains in Britain. I straddle the world like a colossus. Like a 5ft. 7in. colossus. Sanjeev Bhaskar
remains
'Vogue' remains while its fashion editors come and go. Azzedine Alaia
risk accomplish great-things
If you never take risks, you'll never accomplish great things. Everybody dies, but not everyone has lived. C. S. Lewis
risk important use
It's very important for me to really use this body as a barometer of a certain kind of knowledge--to take the personal risk of exposing my own body in a certain kind of way. I can't ask anybody else to do something that I don't do first myself. Carrie Mae Weems
risk inquiry elements
All inquiries carry with them some element of risk. Carl Sagan
risk tears ifs
You risk tears if you let yourself be tamed. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
risk strategy efficiency
Improving efficiency on the farm is not only a risk-reduction strategy, it's a profitability strategy. Bill Vaughan
risk
That's the risk you take in the shotgun. But it was nothing serious.
risk
That's the risk when you come down here with no points. Scott Riggs
risk taking worth
That's a world worth taking a risk for,
risk small talking
I think that we are talking about a very, very small risk -- but not zero.