There's clearly something to be said for success and following through on your commitments.
Frank CarlucciThe problem is that neither the M1 nor the M60 or indeed neither any tank, has sufficient ground pressure to drive a [bulldozer] blade into even marginally hard ground. They are not bulldozers, they are tanks, whether you are talking about the M1 or the M60's. So if you are going to dig in a tank, you need to have some kind of equipment.
Frank CarlucciIt took us 50 months in Germany, post World War II to go from the end of the war to a national election.
Frank CarlucciAnd I argued with that intelligence estimate and I think it is a responsibility of policymakers to use their best judgment on the basis of the intelligence they've received.
Frank Carlucci