George F. Kennan Military Quotes

• Si la Unión Soviética se hundiera mañana bajo las aguas del océano, el establishment militar-industrial estadounidense tendría que continuar, sustancialmente sin cambios, hasta que se pudiera inventar algún otro adversario. Cualquier otra cosa supondría un choque inaceptable para la economía estadounidense.

  George F. Kennan

  Military, Ocean, Government

  Foreword to 'The Pathology of Power' by Norman Cousins in 1987. "At a Century's Ending: Reflections 1982-1995". Book by George F. Kennan, p. 118, 1996.

• Anyone who has ever studied the history of American diplomacy, especially military diplomacy, knows that you might start in a war with certain things on your mind as a purpose of what you are doing, but in the end, you found yourself fighting for entirely different things that you had never thought of before. In other words, war has a momentum of its own and it carries you away from all thoughtful intentions when you get into it. Today, if we went into Iraq, like the president would like us to do, you know where you begin. You never know where you are going to end.

  George F. Kennan

  Militar, Guerra, Lucha

  "George Kennan Speaks Out About Iraq" by Albert Eisele, historynewsnetwork.org. August 08, 2005.

• Siempre que existe la posibilidad de ir en dos direcciones, por la paz o por la guerra, por métodos pacíficos o por métodos militares, en la época actual hay un fuerte prejuicio por los pacíficos. La guerra rara vez conduce a buenos resultados.

  George F. Kennan

  Fuerte, Militar, Guerra

  "George Kennan Speaks Out About Iraq". historynewsnetwork.org. August 08, 2005.

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