https://minutesof.com/on/military/ Everyone on the record about military: 14 verbatim quotes from 3 people, October 2019 to August 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:33:06 +0000 https://minutesof.com/q/8ad353d7-3472-4938-b958-e420c8db5fdb/ https://minutesof.com/q/8ad353d7-3472-4938-b958-e420c8db5fdb/ ““In the Second World War, D-Day marked the historic beginning of a campaign with our allies to target and drive the enemy from its positions, including those in third countries.” — Scott Bessent, Treasury press and remarks military https://minutesof.com/q/5e04e1a3-a13b-448c-9a64-903280da00c0/ https://minutesof.com/q/5e04e1a3-a13b-448c-9a64-903280da00c0/ “Canada is a country that has underinvested in its military that quite literally would get invaded by a foreign country were it not for the umbrella of protection provided by The United States Of America.” — JD Vance, Forbes Breaking News Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:30:31 +0000 military https://minutesof.com/q/96023daf-7919-428b-9865-0f4c4997e739/ https://minutesof.com/q/96023daf-7919-428b-9865-0f4c4997e739/ “He said to me last week, couple of weeks ago, that he was actually in a hangar in Baghdad talking to 400 senior Iraqi officers about running the country when the order came through to disband the army, and they all lost their pensions at the same time.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Brink Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:37 +0000 military https://minutesof.com/q/ccde96a7-6f79-4d10-8f34-4b42d4c02d21/ https://minutesof.com/q/ccde96a7-6f79-4d10-8f34-4b42d4c02d21/ “I mean, I was urging the Blair government to form a military council. And actually talking to an American general recently who was part of that group, who was in a very senior position,” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Brink Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:37 +0000 military https://minutesof.com/q/4f431a7e-2c57-456f-88eb-43d5fddff0e9/ https://minutesof.com/q/4f431a7e-2c57-456f-88eb-43d5fddff0e9/ “the huge mistake that Bremer made in Iraq on which we were not consulted, I was chief at the time, was to disband the Iraqi military.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Brink Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:37 +0000 military https://minutesof.com/q/2bfaaaa5-1bf1-4076-ba5c-e9136174edcb/ https://minutesof.com/q/2bfaaaa5-1bf1-4076-ba5c-e9136174edcb/ “It's possible you could get an army takeover in Iran. By that, I mean, I'm drawing a distinction between the army and the IRGC. The army has a more nationalistic rather than theocratic.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Brink Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:37 +0000 military https://minutesof.com/q/6be4adf8-7f31-45c8-a489-351b9c046924/ https://minutesof.com/q/6be4adf8-7f31-45c8-a489-351b9c046924/ “the huge mistake that Brammer made in Iraq on which we were not consulted, I was chief at the time, was to disband the Iraqi military.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Brink Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:37 +0000 military https://minutesof.com/q/b6f2a77e-5135-4917-a9f2-ea2409d18a45/ https://minutesof.com/q/b6f2a77e-5135-4917-a9f2-ea2409d18a45/ “this is a huge country, 93,000,000 people, very entrenched elite military force, the revolutionary guards, which are a 150,000, aside from the regular army.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Times News Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:00:55 +0000 military https://minutesof.com/q/89feee18-60df-40f8-9f5a-6a4c6fa1fb67/ https://minutesof.com/q/89feee18-60df-40f8-9f5a-6a4c6fa1fb67/ “Israel, the new Sparta, have effectively already defeated Iran militarily, and Iran is in a very weak position.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Times News Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:00:55 +0000 military https://minutesof.com/q/75ba1d05-f4c4-464c-a24e-4d746b3b5a09/ https://minutesof.com/q/75ba1d05-f4c4-464c-a24e-4d746b3b5a09/ “And the idea that you're gonna have, you know, 30,000 it would take 200 to 300,000 troops to please the ceasefire line. Look.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, TalkTV Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:15:01 +0000 military https://minutesof.com/q/a1a6a655-7a9a-46b6-baa6-cf16f92c8301/ https://minutesof.com/q/a1a6a655-7a9a-46b6-baa6-cf16f92c8301/ “Militarily at the moment they are heavily dependent on American support and it can't really be replicated. What they're being given can't be replicated by any other nation.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 military https://minutesof.com/q/885a9c29-11f0-4906-aca5-75307b26c4f5/ https://minutesof.com/q/885a9c29-11f0-4906-aca5-75307b26c4f5/ “Chinese navy is building more tonnage in a year to eighteen months each year than composes the whole of the Royal Navy.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 military https://minutesof.com/q/7138f3e1-c3e3-41e8-9b94-d84809e48ebe/ https://minutesof.com/q/7138f3e1-c3e3-41e8-9b94-d84809e48ebe/ “Chinese navy is building more tonnage in a year to eighteen months each year than composes the whole of the Royal Navy. That's the speed of its expansion.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 military https://minutesof.com/q/bfbba604-7bd3-4437-9b78-d46863824daf/ https://minutesof.com/q/bfbba604-7bd3-4437-9b78-d46863824daf/ “my advice to Blair, which he didn't follow, because I'm not a policy guy, but I said, look, what we should have because bits of the Iraqi army were not particularly contaminated by Saddam Hussein.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 military