Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.
Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.
Without the Guard and Reserve, our active duty troops could hardly deploy.
The military might of a country represents its national strength. Only when it builds up its military might in every way can it develop into a thriving country.
Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.
It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves.
Oddly, the military world is one of great sameness. There is an orderly quality to life on an army base, and even the children of the military are brought up with that sense of order and sameness.
In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.
One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army.
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.