"Krulak once summed up the U.S. dilemma in Vietnam by saying, 'It has no front lines. The battlefield is in the minds of 16 or 17 million people.'
Before assuming command of Fleet Marine Force Pacific, Krulak served as principal adviser on counterinsurgency warfare to then-Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and the joint chiefs of staff.
'I never got enthusiasm out of war, and I'm convinced that the true pacifists are the professional soldiers who have actually seen it,' Krulak said many years after retiring from the post."
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