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Clipmarks | Vietnam Clips The Art of War, by Sun Tzu clipped by: citizenbfk clippers remarks: "There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare." "If the campaign is protracted, the resources of the State will not be equal to the strain." I was thinking about this when it was announced that Afghanistan was now Americas longest war. But what about Vietnam, I wondered, that was 21 years. Afghanistan now only nine years. -- But then I realized they probably are lying about when Vietnam started. It ended in 1975 and certainly was going on ten years before that, 1965. But then I realized they are probably lying about when it ended. Without a Declaration of War who knows when these things begin or end, especially with black ops and covert operations before and after. In fact, the USA has now been involved in intense modern war for the last 70 years. Seventy years. From 1940 to now, 2010. It would be tempting to say our generals and political leaders are stupid, but wed missed the mark: They are greedy. Ruthless. And liars Now we will Clip Source: books.google.com The Art of War  By Sun Tzu 1785 ReviewsWrite review About this book Tags: war, the_art_of_war zum Artikel... Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de