Sebastian Junger Military Quotes

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• War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.

  Sebastian Junger

  Veterans Day, Military, War

  "War". Book by Sebastian Junger, www.hoover.org. 2010.

• Soldiers join the military to serve their country, but when bullets are flying, it's hard to fight for an abstract notion like patriotism. They're fighting for the people standing next to them, and it doesn't matter who's a Republican or a Democrat, or who's black or white or Christian or Muslim or gay or straight. If Congress and all Americans could manage to ignore those differences, we would have a perfect country, but somehow we cannot rise to that level of nobility.

  Sebastian Junger

  Christian, Country, Military

  Source: www.oprah.com

• If you shell a military base and happen to kill civilians, you have not committed a war crime; if you deliberately target cities and towns, you have.

  Sebastian Junger

  Military, War, Cities

  Sebastian Junger (2001). “Fire”, p.178, W. W. Norton & Company

• Traditional Albanian society was based on a clan system and was further divided into brotherhoods and bajraks. The bajrak system identified a local leader, called a bajrakar, who could be counted on to provide a certain number of men for military duty.

  Sebastian Junger

  Military, Men, Numbers

• I had grown up during Vietnam. I had no connections to the U.S. military, and I had a pretty cynical default opinion about the U.S. military.

  Sebastian Junger

  Military, Cynical, Connections

  "A Few Good Men". Interview with Adam Weinstein, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2010.

• No one will remember that President Obama supported the Arab Spring if it eventually fails and the region collapses back into the political Dark Ages. If we actively engage these movements with advice, with money, and, when necessary, with military force, then we get a vote in how it all turns out.

  Sebastian Junger

  Spring, Military, Dark

• I was surprised how open and unguarded the military was. I expected more scrutiny, more supervision from command.

  Sebastian Junger

  Military, Scrutiny, Supervision

  "Oscar Nominee Sebastian Junger Speaks About His Year in Deadliest Place on Earth". Interview With Joshua Kors, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 18, 2011.

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