49 Quotes by Loren Thompson

We're in no rush to bomb Iran. The fact that we have bombing plans on the shelf for dealing with Iran is not new because we've been generating those plans for a quarter-century. That's what planners do.

There is a point beyond which it isn't practical to expect so many different things from the same group of people.

So far the Democrats look like better news for the defense industry than the Republicans, ... I don't see how anyone could disagree. The Democrats are on the record wanting to spend more money than Bush does. The Gore plan envisions spending $10 to $11 billion more a year on defense, whereas the Bush plan sees half as much (of an increase).

Since it's actually a handful of nuts with no real resources at their command, it's a little hard to see why such imagery is appropriate.

Much of the Marine Corps equipment was purchased with the prospect of a shore assault in mind.

Now they've introduced a cluster that they themselves can't define. It seems as though the most important people in the system don't really grasp the details of what's being funded.

Obviously, the Teamsters are counting on all that work to create a problem that management can only solve by caving in to their demands.

If we're going to bomb Iran, it's a long time off in the future, and we're certainly not going to use nuclear weapons to do it.

If the rules are too demanding, they're going to be hard pressed to find a place to operate other than a desert. When you build a military base, somebody is going to lose their land, somebody is going to object because of noise. But if everybody gets a veto then you're not going to have any new military bases anywhere.