Coalitions Quotes
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England does not love coalitions.
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They act as they please: here and there, they use force against sovereign states, building coalitions based on the principle 'If you are not with us, you are against us.' To make this aggression look legitimate, they force the necessary resolutions from international organizations, and if for some reason this does not work, they simply ignore the UN Security Council and the UN overall.
vladimir putin— Crimea address (18 March 2014) [33]
None of the widely touted new technologies and weapons systems "would have helped me in the last three years [in Iraq and Afghanistan]. But I could have used cultural training [and] language training. I could have used more products from American universities [who] understood the world does not revolve around America and [who] embrace coalitions and allies for all of the strengths that they bring us."
james mattis— Speaking at a professional conference on military transformation, urging the Pentagon to invest in efforts that would "diminish the conditions that drive people to sign up for these kinds of insurgencies." Breaking the Warrior Code (February 2005)
There is no iron law here, but there is clearly some tendency for larger-than-necessary coalitions to disintegrate.
thomas flanagan— Chapter 5, How Many Are Too Many? Size of Coalitions, p. 88
