“The time has come to stop talking about the lessons of Vietnam, and to start talking about the lessons of Afghanistan.”

—  Michael Johns

The Lessons of Afghanistan: Bipartisan Support for Freedom Fighters Pays Off," Policy Review, Spring 1987, by Michael Johns: Urging America to Discard its 'Vietnam Syndrome'

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