military intervention quotes

The American escalation of the war in Laos provoked a response by the Communist forces, which now control more of Laos than ever before.

We also can’t try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That’s not leadership; that’s a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It’s the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq – and we should have learned it by now.