Showing posts with label Bernard Fall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bernard Fall. Show all posts

Monday, October 18, 2010

Quote of the day, Bernard Fall couldn't possibly have been talking about Afghanistan because he's been dead for four decades edition

From The Political Context Behind Successful Revolutionary Movements, Three Case Studies: Vietnam (1955-1963), Algeria (1945-1962), and Nicaragua (1967-1979), by LTC Raymond Millen:
Once a revolutionary insurgency reaches a tipping point, as Bernard Fall noted, "it is difficult to suppress with the help of military specialists alone - particularly foreign specialists."
Good thing we have so many civilian political specialists!

P.S. I know I suck at blogging. I'll make up a bunch of excuses later.