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Dates: during 1984-1984
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...would be poured with no result different from Viet Nam. The Joint Chiefs of Staff, chastened by Viet Nam, in which our troops performed with admirable success but were declared to have been defeated, and by the steady decline of respect for the military?and the decline of military budgets???resisted a major commitment. I sensed, and understood, a doubt on the part of the military in the political will of the civilians at the top to follow through to the end on such a commitment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alexander Haig | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

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