General Schwarzkopf repeatedly mentioned his determination to keep casualties at a minimum.
"If possible, we want to keep casualties to a minimum."
You've got to be wise and fight in a way that keeps casualties to a minimum.
The speed of the Iraqi collapse helped keep allied casualties in the low hundreds.
Canadian advances saw less success but were carefully conducted, keeping casualties to a minimum.
But they had secured a victory, while keeping casualties to a minimum.
But Lament preferred to keep innocent casualties to a minimum wherever possible.
"If there is a threat to lives, we hope to keep casualties to a minimum."
The more disciplined use of peacekeeping forces in Bosnia has so far kept casualties to a minimum.
But that pledge conflicts with another, this one to a domestic audience, to keep American military casualties to a minimum.