Quotes by Lawrence Korb

“[But outbreaks of violence in New Orleans hinted at the potential for wider unrest and further call-ups, which could reveal weaknesses elsewhere in the nation.] What do we do if there is a terrorist attack? ... Were increasing our risk.”

“This is still a mans profession, with a lot of men who intellectually and emotionally have not accepted that the military could be womens work.”

“Who is out there that is more ready than we are? What military in the world are we not ready to take on? I think its dangerous to convey to the rest of the world who looks to us to provide leadership that we have more problems than we are letting on.”

“What its going to mean is some short-term gains, but a long-term disaster. Youre going to have less research and development as you get down to probably four major companies.”

“With Guard and Reserve units, you can end up with a lot of people from one part of the country dying in one day, and that gets peoples attention.”

“Theres been an increase in the number of Iraqis in training, but more Americans are dying and violence is increasing.”

“I think he has now bought himself some time to withdraw slowly. But that assumes everything goes as planned next year.”

“But on balance Id say we had a net loss. Unfortunately, these other issues dominated that expose the US to charges of hypocrisy.”

“This British guy makes a lot of good points.”

“It says something about what the professional military is thinking. Its like theyre saying, I thought these guys knew what they were doing.”