It's difficult for many military families to speak out because you're seen as being unpatriotic.

But people are so tired from the rhetoric on the right and the left that what Cindy is doing resonates with them,

Sunglasses are a bit like watches for me - a real obsession. My favourites are Oakleys, Ray-Bans and Wileys, which are worn by the U.S. military.

Obama was late to affirm the Egyptian revolution as a democratic movement, and even then he was eager to have installed those military leaders who were known for their practices of torture.

The chains of military despotism once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.

The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle, but to make them long for it.