On Tue, 30 October 2001, Russell Nelson wrote:
> If you thought Vietnam was bad, 
> wait until you see Afghanistan.  As Vizini said, 
> "Never get involved in a land war in Asia".

to give credit where credit is due,
(which seems apropos for this list):

"The US has broken the second rule of war.
That is, don't go fighting with your land army
on the mainland of Asia. Rule One is don't 
march on Moscow."  -- Field-Marshall Montgomery 
(in "Montgomery of Alamein" ?published? 1976)

It's also attributed to Eisenhower speaking to JFK
some time towards the beginning of Vietnam.

who said it first, I am not certain.

A search on the net yielded over a hundred hits.
I could only find one reference to Eisenhower,
none to Montgomery, and the rest were quoting
"The Princess Bride". I had to look it up at home.

ah well.

Greg 


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