I think the downvotes came because it comes across as a mere pop culture reference, which is frowned upon. Sorry. The Princess Bride, 1987: https://www.youtube

I think the downvotes came because it comes across as a mere pop culture reference, which is frowned upon. Sorry. The Princess Bride, 1987: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LUUk6wVNrY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LUUk6wVNrY However when posting it, I was well aware that the quote is older than that: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/never_fight_a_land_war_in_Asia https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/never_fight_a_land_war_in_Asi... And that the Soviets and the British ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War ) both found this out the hard way.