On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
To go against a well-organized, well-handled, well-led foreign foe under such conditions would inevitably have meant failure and humiliation.
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Roosevelt warns that facing a competent foreign adversary with inadequate military conditions would lead to certain defeat.
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