Moreover, everyone from Harry Reid to Howard Wolfson to Tom Chittum to the writers of The Princess Bride loves to spout the line about a "land war in Asia" as if it were some self-evident truth or incontrovertible dictum.
Most people don't even know who said it. And if they did, they wouldn't be able to tell you anything about the author.
When someone uses that line as if it were an argument, you know you're dealing with a clown.
I ran across an anecdote a few years back from a fellow who said “They told me that if I voted for Goldwater, we’d end up in a land war in Asia. I voted for Goldwater, and, sure enough, we ended up in a land war in Asia.”
“Most people don’t even know who said it.”....a lot of people have said it, but I expect MacArthur said it first.
All the conspiracy nuts circa 1995 need to account for all those black UN helicopters before they come up with new fantasies.