George F. Kennan Quotes About War

Quotes about: War

• 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

  Military, War, Fighting

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

• Whenever you have a possibility of going in two ways, either for peace or for war, for peaceful methods of for military methods, in the present age there is a strong prejudice for the peaceful ones. War seldom ever leads to good results.

  George F. Kennan

  Strong, Military, War

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

• 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

  War, Thoughtful, Iraq

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

• War is a highly overrated tool of foreign policy.

  George F. Kennan

  War, Tools, Foreign Policy

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