Soviet War in Afghanistan/april 1985 %e2%80%93 January 1987 - Exit Strategy

Famous quotes containing the words exit, january, soviet, april, war and/or strategy:

    Exit the mental moonlight, exit lex,
    Rex and principium, exit the whole
    Shebang. Exeunt omnes. Here was prose
    More exquisite than any tumbling verse:
    A still new continent in which to dwell.
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    I have never been disappointed when I asked in a humble and sincere way for God’s help. I pray often. I think I pray more often since January 12th.
    Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)

    They were right. The Soviet régime is not the embodiment of evil as you think in the West. They have laws and I broke them. I hate tea and they love tea. Who is wrong?
    Alexander Zinoviev (b. 1922)

    Summer of man its sunlight and its flower,
    Spring-time of man all April in a face.
    John Masefield (1878–1967)

    Once lead this people into war and they will forget there ever was such a thing as tolerance.
    Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

    Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war?
    Bible: Hebrew, 2 Kings 18:20.