There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a mans self. – Francis Bacon
To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart thats the case, strikes me as most unrealistic. – William Odom
