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Vernon A. Walters
American
Soldier
About the author
I'm a participant in the doctrine of constructive ambiguity.
Vernon A. Walters,
American
Soldier
#Doctrine
#Ambiguity
The United Nations has become a place where many countries seek to achieve a lynching of the United States by resolution.
Vernon A. Walters,
American
Soldier
#Nations
#states
#United
#Countries
#Resolution
It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
Vernon A. Walters,
American
Soldier
#Surprises
Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.
Vernon A. Walters,
American
Soldier
#Want
#Americans
#Attitude
#Intelligence
I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling thing of all.
Vernon A. Walters,
American
Soldier
#Wonder
#Worry
#Uncertainty