Alexander Haig Professions : Former United States Secretary of State Born : December 2, 1924 Died : February 20, 2010 Browse All Authors Top 35 quotes by Alexander Haig We didn't do anything wrong, but among the lessons learned, given the magnitude of the problems we now face in Afghanistan, a major U.S. force on the ground would convince the world we were in for the long-haul recovery of a country devastated by 21 years of warfare. Alexander Haig recovery country years Let them march all they want, as long as they continue to pay their taxes. Alexander Haig libertarian want long You know, it's very clear, as one looks back on history again of the Cold War that, following the crisis in Cuba, following the Khrushchev - beating down of Jack Kennedy in Vienna, that President Kennedy believed that we had to join the battle for the Third World, and the next crisis that developed in that regards was Vietnam. Alexander Haig battle president war As I look back at the span of the Cold War in those early days, in the '50s, for example, there was a great deal of Soviet propaganda here in the United States, but it was clumsy, and it was anchored to a lot of ideological support in certain circles in America itself. Alexander Haig circles war america Propaganda was an important arm of the Soviet diplomacy, very important. Alexander Haig propaganda arms important More often than not, Americans and Westerners overestimated the power and capability of the Soviet Union. Alexander Haig soviet-union unions capability In Desert Storm, we had too many troops; in Afghanistan probably not enough for the major commitment we have made. Alexander Haig troops storm commitment I probably carry more scar tissue on my derrière than any other candidate-that's political scar tissue. Alexander Haig tissues politics political I think that perhaps the classic propagandists of the - in the Second World War was Winston Churchill. He was extremely skilled and adept at it. Alexander Haig war world thinking There are contingency plans in the NATO doctrine to fire a nuclear weapon for demonstrative purposes, to demonstrate to the other side that they are exceeding the limits of toleration in the conventional area. Alexander Haig doctrine power fire Prior to his takeover of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini was camping near Paris, giving daily news conferences to a fawning international press corps without a murmur of complaint to France from the United States about the disaster it was coddling in the incredibly naive liberal belief that this extremist cleric would be an improvement over the Shah. Alexander Haig paris iran giving As of now, I am in control here in the White House. Alexander Haig control i-am white house It didn't take long for the world to realize that the Shah was an enlightened liberal next to the bloody reactionary regime that followed, and which executed more people in three months than the Shah had done in 30 years. Alexander Haig realize long people world We didn't lose Vietnam. We quit Vietnam. Alexander Haig quit lose vietnam I wasn't happy with the outcome in Vietnam. Now, I've never said that, but, you know, I'm getting to an age where I think I'd better start saying it... And I don't mean that to sound that I'm being critical of somebody or blaming somebody. Alexander Haig think you age happy Similar Authors Dean Acheson former-united-states-secretary-of-state Dean Rusk former-united-states-secretary-of-state Hillary Clinton former-united-states-secretary-of-state Condoleezza Rice former-united-states-secretary-of-state Cordell Hull former-united-states-secretary-of-state Colin Powell former-united-states-secretary-of-state All Authors
