“Bush, himself the most intellectually backward American president of my political lifetime, is surrounded by advisers whose bellicosity is exceeded only by their political, military and diplomatic illiteracy.” PoliticalPresidentMilitaryLifetimeDiplomaticAdviserIlliteracyAmerican President Author:Gerald Kaufman
“My advice for the next commander in chief: Listen to your military advisers. Listen to your generals. They are the experts. Even if you have a commander in chief who has served in the military, that person still isn’t engaged on a daily basis. The generals will know best.” IfsKnowsPersonsStillsNextAdviceMilitaryBasesChiefsExpertsEngagedCommandersAdviserCommander In Chief Author:Ralph Abraham
“Inside the White House there were always extreme amounts of doubt about whether they should be escalating in Afghanistan. In fact, most of the president's advisers said, "This is probably not going to work." A lot of people in the military said, "This is probably not going to work."” PeopleShouldSaidFactsHousePresidentWhiteDoubtMilitaryAmountExtremesWhite HouseAfghanistanGoing To WorkAdviserEscalating Author:Michael Hastings
“Kennedy was haunted by the Bay of Pigs invasion but carried the country through the Cuban Missile Crisis. He later increased the number of U.S. military advisers to South Vietnam to more than 16,000.” CountryNumbersMilitaryCrisisSouthVietnamPigsInvasionMissilesCubanAdviserCuban Missile CrisisBay Of Pigs Author:Kitty Kelley
“What we consider is that the Venezuelan government is not a leftist government, has nothing of a leftist government. It is an oppressor, an oppressive government, it is a murderer - he murders them - the peasant fights in the region of Falcon, for example, where there are military advisers of the U.S.” GovernmentFightingMilitaryExampleMurderRegionsMurdererPeasantsOppressorsAdviserLeftistsFalconVenezuelansOppressive Governments Author:Che Guevara