"The folly and hubris of the policy makers who heedlessly thrust the nation into an ill-defined and open-ended 'global war on terror' without the foggiest notion of what victory would look like, how it would be won, and what it might cost approached standards hitherto achieved only by slightly mad German warlords."

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Source : Andrew J. Bacevich (2010). “Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War”, p.10, Metropolitan Books

Andrew Bacevich

#War Quotes #Mad Quotes #Victory Quotes

“When a man does all he can, though it succeeds not well, blame not him that did it.”
“Connect with those who remind you who you are.”
“Architecture is not merely national but clearly has local ties in that it is rooted in the earth.”
“There's been a certain amount of opportunism in the wake of the Paris attacks in 2015, when there was almost a reflexive assumption that, "Oh, if only we didn't have strong encryption out there, these attacks could have been prevented." But, as more evidence has come out - and we don't know all the facts yet - we're seeing very little to support the idea that the Paris attackers were making any kind of use of encryption.”
“The repeated requests for us to 'wait,' and 'wait,' and 'wait' while our people are suffering, while our people are besieged, while our land is being colonized, and while the two-state solution is being destroyed and the prospects for peace are evaporating, must understand that such requests are not viable under these circumstances and are unsustainable.”
“If I have to be compared to somebody, it is to Martha Stewart.”
“Hold no more stocks than you can remain informed on.”
“If you love people enough, they will give you everything.”

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