FAMOUS PRUSSIAN QUOTE: “War is...the continuation of politics by other means.” |
GERMAN COUNTERQUOTE: “War is not the continuation of policy. It is the breakdown of policy.” |
CHINESE QUOTE: “All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.” |
IRAQ QUOTE: “Terrorism in Iraq has become the continuation of politics by other means.” |
AFGHANISTAN QUOTE: “One of Clausewitz’s most famous maxims was that war was ‘merely the continuation of politics by other means.’ Scholars still debate what he meant by that. All we know for sure is what he did not mean, that leaders should play politics with their wars. Washington, D.C., is a very un-Clausewitzian place. Politicians want to treat the war in Afghanistan as just another political debate.’” |
ISRAELI QUOTE: “To paraphrase Karl von Clausewitz, law is used as the continuation of war by other means.” |
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