Engagement Is Not Appeasement. Engagement Is Not

Alliances And International Organizations Should Be Understood As Opportunities For Leadership And A Means To Expand Our Influence, Not As Constraints On Our Power.

It Is Easy To Get Into War, Not So Easy To Get Out.

There Has To Be A Reason And Objective (to Air Strikes). What Does It Do To Move The Effort Down The Road For A Political Conversation?

If We Have To Continue To Live Under Sequestration, It Will Have A Maximum Impact On Our Ability To Fulfill The President's Strategic Guidance. We Can't Do It All. It's As Simple As That, With The Limitations Of The Budget As Severe As They Are. These Deep, Abrupt Cuts Have Forced Us To Make Decisions That Are Not In The Interest Of America.

You Can't Just Drop The 82nd Airborne Into Baghdad And It Will All Be Over.