Quotes by Lewis MacKenzie

“Its pretty dumb to use soldiers as a wedge issue. It took my breath away; I just couldnt believe anybody could be that dumb.”

“I would be very, very surprised if there wasnt a long waiting list, or at least a long list they had to choose from, to pick those staff officers and (non-commissioned officers) going over there.”

“Nobody heard about you because there was nothing much happening until the end of the Cold War when it was no longer peacekeeping and things were getting nasty.”

“You dont have to have the entire symbolic leadership of the forces and the nation for the fatalities coming back.”