President Obama's consistent agenda has been to weaken the United States and our allies in pursuit of a more 'balanced' global power structure.
We need to have strong allies. Our association and connection with our allies is essential to America's strength. We're the great nation that has allies, 42 allies and friends around the world.
Words can be powerful allies. Or enemies
Enemies make better allies than frenemies.
Some allies are more dangerous than enemies.
And as every spy knows, common enemies are how allies always begin.
Pink is supposed to weaken your enemies, make them go soft on you, which must be why it's used for baby girls. It's a wonder the military hasn't got on to this.
When Iran continues to get away with bad behavior, what do our allies who are Iran's enemies think about us? It is why we cannot stand by while Russia allies itself with Iran. You can't outsource American leadership to Russia. Russia isn't on our side. They're on their side and Iran's side.
Three enemies that will weaken your ministry over time: Self-indulgence, bitterness, and carelessness. Strong people discipline their desires, restrain their reactions, and keep their commitments.
Humans feel deeply the suffering of their friends and allies and easily discount/dismiss the comparable experience of their enemies.
It is important to remember that if we treat people who could be allies as enemies, we can only alienate them from our cause.
At some point, deliberation begins to look more like indecisiveness which then becomes a way of emboldening our enemies and allies and causing our allies to question our resolve. So we shouldn't let one component of this determine our national security here which depends on providing an Afghanistan which denies a safe haven to terrorists as well as stabilizing Pakistan. Those are our two national security interests at stake in Afghanistan.
Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.
Writing gets easier once you know your allies and banish your enemies.
I love fighting back. I love finding allies, and - famously - I enjoy making enemies.
A Warrior knows that an angel and a devil are both competing for his sword hand. The devil says: "You will weaken. You will not know exactly when. You are afraid." The angel says: "You will weaken. You will not know exactly when. You are afraid." The Warrior is surprised. Both the angel and the devil have said the same thing. The devil continues: "Let me help you." And the angel says: "I will help you." At that moment the Warrior understands the difference. The words may be the same but these two allies are completely different. And he chooses the angel's hand.