Stanley A. McChrystal - I go back and think of President Kennedy, who had a military service backgro...

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I go back and think of President Kennedy, who had a military service background, but he comes into the presidency, and he's faced with a decision on the Bay of Pigs, with the C.I.A. and the military giving him data, and it turns out very badly.

Stanley A. McChrystal

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ich gehe zurück und denke an Präsident Kennedy, der einen militärischen Hintergrund hatte, aber er tritt in die Präsidentschaft ein und steht vor einer Entscheidung über die Schweinebucht, mit der C.I.A. und das Militär gibt ihm Daten, und es stellt sich sehr schlecht heraus.

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