Andrew Vachss Quotes
Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.
Vachss, Andrew. Safe House. Knopf, 1998.
The Democrats used this quotation during the 1964 presidential campaign, in a famous TV ad with a little girl, a mushroom cloud and the announcer quoting Goldwater.
He grossly underestimated the intensity of the American patriotic feeling and the fighting ability of the Colonists. He Commanded the Royal Marines at the Battle of Bunker Hill where he was killed by a shot fired by ex-slave and Black Patriot, Peter Salem. Note the recommendation to destroy towns. At the time, that was considered improper in warfare between nations, yet it was not so clear in fighting a rebellion. However, this was against British policy and it was not a tactic employed in trying to suppress the American Revolution.
Andrew Henry Vachss is an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths.
