http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/09/guess-who-said-.html

Guess Who Said This (in 1987)
By David Axe
September 12, 2007 | 1:39:59 PM
Categories: Strategery

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The Vietnam experience left the military leadership feeling that they should advise against involvement in counterinsurgencies unless specific, perhaps unlikely, circumstances obtain — i.e. domestic public support, the promise of a quick campaign, and freedom to employ whatever force is necessary to achieve rapid victory. In light of such criteria, committing U.S. units to counterinsurgencies appears to be a very problematic proposition, difficult to conclude before domestic support erodes and costly enough to threaten the well-being of all America’s military forces (and hence the country’s national security), not just those involved in the actual counterinsurgency.

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Reminds me about what Greenspan said about gold BEFORE becoming the “maestro” of the FED.

This has to be the best find!

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