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«it was failure to understand that problems and conflicts exist among other peoples that are not soluble by the application of American force or American techniques or even American goodwill.»
«Wooden-headedness, the “Don’t-confuse-me-with-the-facts” habit, is a universal folly»
— Dec 17, 2025 02:59PM
«Wooden-headedness, the “Don’t-confuse-me-with-the-facts” habit, is a universal folly»
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«When Washington learned from visitors to Hanoi of finding readiness to talk if the bombing was stopped, the conclusion derived by the United States was that the bombing was hurting and should therefore be augmented to achieve the desired result. »
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«Absence of intelligent thinking in rulership is another of the universals, and raises the question whether in modern states there is something about political and bureaucractic life that subdues the functioning of intellect in favor of “working the levers” without regard to rational expectations. This would seem to be an ongoing prospect.»
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