... smart but not wise.
Referring to Alexander Haig:
In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as "dumb, stupid animals to be used" as pawns for foreign policy.
If we give Al Haig his way, the next thing we know, we'll be carpet-bombing Central America.
One of the most talented writers out there is Brian Haig.
I think Haig will be foolish, but perhaps not quite as foolish as Kissinger was, because Haig doesn't have the education Kissinger had. Haig is a little more dangerous because, I fear, he believes what he says, whereas I never got that impression from Kissinger.
Aig [F.-M. Sir Douglas Haig] 'e don't say much; 'e don't, so to say, say nothin'; but what 'e don't say don't mean nothin', not 'arf. But when 'e do say something--my Gawd!
In the absence of their superior's adherence to the law, honorable men either speak up or get out
He is arrogance with a capital A.