All I need to know about military strategy I learned from Vizzini

[semperfiona]

"Never get involved in a land war in Asia."

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[lightning-rose.livejournal.com]

It was an old saying long before "The Princess Bride", which was part of the joke. :)

It's been attributed to General Douglas MacArthur.

[tsita.livejournal.com]

I thought it was never bet a Sicilian when death is on the line....


*snerk*

[redheaded-muse.livejournal.com]

^^lol. I always associated it with Eddie Izzard, who went on to talk about how Hitler had obviously never played RISK when he was a kid- it was that and Russia you could never keep ahold of, even though there were 7 extra men at the start of every game..

[tsita.livejournal.com]

RISK is a bitch to play.

[redheaded-muse.livejournal.com]

tsita: I love the blonde jokes icon!

[tsita.livejournal.com]

I was born blonde and I'm part Polish.

Gank if you want, the maker is in my icon page.

[semperfiona]

My point, when I said it last night, was that the present administration has missed this particular lesson.

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

".... And then I threw a four and a three." -- A. Rimmer

I also thought that Napoleon B. had advice to that effect.