“Someone said this at some point about why we stayed when we knew we were losing. Ten percent was to help the South Vietnamese. Twenty percent was to hold back the Commies. Seventy percent was to avoid the humiliation of an American defeat. Seventy percent of those boys just to avoid being humiliated? That stuck with me.”
Matthew Rhys - Daniel Ellsberg

“If there's one thing I can't stand seeing, it's Americans fighting Americans.”
Dan Aykroyd - Sgt. Frank Tree

“- Schaffer: Look, Major, this is primarily a British operation. I'm an American. I don't even know why the hell I'm here.
- Maj. Smith: Lieutenant, you're here because you're an American.”
Clint Eastwood - Schaffer
Richard Burton - Maj. Smith

Americans, all you care about is your own damn pilots! What happens when the fighting starts again? Will America recommit its forces to stop a major war? No, you don't have any control over that little detail, do you? You might have helped save your man today, Reigart, and I emphasize "might", but you risk the lives of thousands tomorrow.
Joaquim de Almeida - Piquet

“We're on another useless joyride at the cost of mere millions to the US taxpayer.”

Gabriel Macht - Stackhouse