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Its silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole coun
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"It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas"

- Ronald Reagan

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This quote by Ronald Reagan is a criticism of the Vietnam War. He is suggesting that the United States must not be wasting time and resources fighting in the jungles of Vietnam, but rather must be concentrating on more productive activities. He is indicating that the US could pave the whole nation and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas, which is a humorous way of saying that the war is a wild-goose chase and resources. Reagan is suggesting that the United States needs to be focusing on more efficient activities, such as infrastructure advancement, instead of combating a war that is not going to be won. He is likewise suggesting that the US needs to be concentrating on more productive activities that will benefit the people of Vietnam, instead of wasting time and resources on a war that is not going to be won. This quote is a powerful suggestion of the need to concentrate on productive activities that will benefit individuals of Vietnam, rather than wasting time and resources on a war that is not going to be won.

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Ronald Reagan This quote is written / told by Ronald Reagan between February 6, 1911 and June 5, 2004. He was a famous President from USA. The author also have 93 other quotes.

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