Most Army’s Don’t Make Promises They Can’t Keep, But Some Do

by Nilesh KunwarUnlike politicians who Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev maintained would “promise to build a bridge even when there are no rivers,” a man in uniform is looked upon as an upright person-a bit blunt at times, but always truthful. Perhaps that’s why even though it isn’t a principle of war and has practically little to do with warfare, the “don’t make a promise that you can’t keep”
by Nilesh KunwarUnlike politicians who Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev maintained would “promise to build a bridge even when there are no rivers,” a man in uniform is looked upon as an upright person-a bit blunt at times, but always truthful. Perhaps that’s why even though it isn’t a principle of war and has practically little to do with warfare, the “don’t make a promise that you can’t keep”
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