I got into journalism because I came of age in the '60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done.
Joe KleinThe two-war strategy was a product of the cold war, when we had to have the ability to fight the Russians on the plains of Europe and fight the Chinese on the Korean peninsula at the same time. That costs an awful lot of money.
Joe KleinWe`re facing a very different sort of threat now, a more amorphous threat, al Qaeda, terrorism, and so on. And so the military has abandoned the two-war strategy.
Joe KleinYou know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities.
Joe Klein