>Clemenceau was an old jerk, but he did author at least one
>bright remark (am I correct in giving it to him?): War is too
>important to leave to the generals.
Actually, Talleyrand (at least according to the the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, 2d ed.): "War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men." Quoted by Briand to Lloyd George during the First World War
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