Vietnam Is A Jungle. You Had Jungle Warfare. Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, You Have Sand.

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Vietnam is a jungle. You had jungle warfare. Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia,
you have sand. [There is no need to worry about a protracted war because]
from a historical basis, Middle East conflicts do not last a long time.
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 10/2/90
(reported in Esquire, 8/92)

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