Well, you know, any defense force worth its salt has to be able to deal with uncertainty, has to be able to deal with events that we may not have planned for.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.
The decision to use military force should always be one made with the utmost caution, with U.S. interests at stake, and with the consent of Congress.
Our national-security strategy must drive our military budget, rather than the budget setting our strategy.
Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?
That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.
Our nation must manage significant national security challenges over the next several years. We are already facing a potential conflict with Iraq, new challenges on the Korean peninsula, and key decisions in the president's plans to transform the military.
We need not renounce the use of conventional force. We will be ready to repel any clear and present danger that poses a genuine threat to our national security and survival.
If we have the intent to use the military only when needed, then that also becomes, then, therefore, a credible deterrent.
So we are fulfilling our task in preventing serious armament stocks in Iraq within our possibilities.
Our military might is the guarantor of Russia's security and independence.
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