Afghanistan Quote by Sanjaya Baru

When the United States fought in Vietnam, it was organized modern technology versus organized human beings, and the human beings won.

— Howard Zinn

Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.

— Richard M. Nixon

America has never gotten in a war because we were too strong.

— Ronald Reagan

The U.S. never lost a battle against North Vietnam, but it lost the war.

— John McCain

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

— Ronald Reagan

The Persian Gulf war of 1991 and the Kosovo war in 1999 also hardened India's determination to possess nuclear weapons. The United States easily…

— John Mearsheimer

The United States can certainly defeat North Vietnam, but the United States cannot defeat a guerrilla war which is being raged from a sanctuary…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.

— Richard Holbrooke

“And as far as the United States in Vietnam, the United States did not lose prestige because it left Vietnam. It lost prestige when…

— Howard Zinn

We did not go to war in Afghanistan or in Iraq to, quote, 'impose democracy.' We went to war in both places because we…

— Paul Wolfowitz

Otherwise, we will not be able to defeat the U.S. imperialists who boast of their technological superiority.

— Kim Il-sung

The two world wars boosted American power and devastated potential rivals to an extent that could not have lasted more than a few decades.

— Ian Bremmer