I don’t consider myself dovish. And I certainly don’t consider myself hawkish. Maybe I would describe myself as owlish — that is, wise enough to understand that you want to do everything possible to avoid war; that once you’re committed to war, then ferocious enough to do whatever is necessary to get it over as quickly as possible in victory.—Norman Schwartzkopf, Interview in the New York Times, November 1, 1990.
