Donald Rumsfeld Quotes on Military (14 Quotes)

We now have people from ... two or three handfuls of countries ... and my first choice would be for many of those to end up back in their countries to be processed through their systems, ... We undoubtedly will end up processing them through the criminal justice system ... I suspect there will be some military commissions.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said he was confident the military campaign would be successful in removing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from power. Things are going very well, ... the pressure is continuing on the Iraqi regime, and the regime will not be there in the period ahead.

The fact of the matter is that the military experts on the ground from the beginning have said what they thought the number ought to be,

Rumsfeld said victory would best come as part of a military coalition led by the United States. ...Iraq should be a single country and not broken up into pieces, ... ... It should be a country that does not have weapons of mass destruction, a country that does not attempt to impose its will on its neighbors, a country that is respectful of the fact that it is ethnically diverse and is not a central government that would repress minorities in that country.

The military is not the answer.

several hundred military targets.

These are not tactics of war, they are crimes of war, ... Deploying human shields is not a military strategy, it's murder, a violation of the laws of armed conflict and a crime against humanity, and it will be treated as such.

I wanted to have a chance to look at the bases and get briefed by the military people on the island and develop a first-hand opinion about what's taking place there and how we're arranged.

The progress that he has been able to make in proliferating the terrorist states all across the globe is a serious one, ... I guess there's room for all types of efforts -- political, economic, diplomatic and military.

We've got to find a way to have the military justice system operate at a pace that reflects the world of the 21st century with 24-hour news and a desire to report things that are dramatic and negative, and to repeat them over and over again until for some reason they are disproved or they're concluded, and the longer that period is the more harmful it is for our country,

Our military is making a significant difference in providing relief and aid and help and compassion for those who have suffered,

agreed to findings and recommendations to strengthen the alliance and reduce the impact of the U.S. military on local communities.

Neither Rumsfeld nor Arroyo would give details of their discussion. Arroyo said she would like U.S. military equipment if that's what is needed to make the partnership more efficient, ... Those are the kind of things that need to be discussed and see what

Any changes to U.S. military posture in Northeast Asia will be the product of consultation with our key allies. Most importantly, they will result in an increased U.S. capability in the region,