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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, Helen Johnson
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.
docks taste trouble
I have trouble with seafood because it tastes like a dock. Douglas Coupland
docks tough danger
The docks were said to be quite tough, but there were pubs you didn't go into if you were a respectable... but um, I never felt a sense of danger in Liverpool. Derek Taylor
docks bitterness ive-learned
I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere. Andy Rooney
docks hateful losing
Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs, Losing both beauty and utility. William Shakespeare
towns
Some of the towns have been flattened, so there's nothing there, Shaukat Aziz
towns boards chess
We lived in the provincial town of Ramat Gan where I spent most of my youth adjacent to the chess board. Arnon Goldfinger
towns
L.A. is still such a fascinating place to me, so big and diverse. It's so spread out that you can go from Zuma to downtown and there's really like 10 different towns in between. Dylan McDermott
towns
I would have thought most towns had some kind of evacuation plan. John Anderson
towns
My favorite thing about touring is the new towns and new faces every day. Dustin Lynch
towns news tough
It's tough to break yourself as news to a town that already knows you. Barbara Kingsolver
towns trouble building
When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble. Edward Abbey
towns whether
I think in small towns like this one, whether you're a man or a woman, you basically do what there is to do. Estelle Parsons
towns looks countryside
I live in Hamburg; that's in the north. And I live on the outskirts of town. It looks like countryside. Cornelia Funke