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Originally Posted by Cross
"There is only one principle of war and that's this: Hit the other fellow as quickly as you can, as hard as you can, where it hurts him most, when he ain't looking."*
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_General William Slim
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Terry Pratchett has Sir Samaul Vimes say in
Jingo, "The important thing in fighting is to make sure the other guy doesn't get up. Everything else is just decoration. (paraphrased). If you haven't read Pratchett, you are missing a great thing in this world.
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"The Americans will always do the right thing... After they've exhausted all the alternatives."”*
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_Winston Churchill
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I guess that depends on who is defining what's right. As far was we're concerned the Revolution of 1776 was right, while the Brits at the time were a little ticked off.
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"When the German artillery fired, we ducked.
When our artillery fired, the Germans ducked.
When the American artillery fired, everybody ducked!"*
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_Unnamed British soldier
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I've heard the same of of hand gernades.
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“War does not determine who is right - only who is left.”*
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_Bertrand Russell
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"We'll see who is right and who is dead." Name that movie! I've found that when I'm looking for the enemy, I'm either right or dead. There isn't much grey area there.
You've got a great group of quotes here, Cross. Thanks for sharing.
Two toughts, both from Russia.
I was listening to two old veterns talk about the Afgan war. One asked the other, who was in the Russian Airforce about the effect the US supplied Stinger MANPADs had on their opperations. I chimed in that I thought the Stinger was primarily against choppers (really showed my ignorance there). The airman looked at me and said
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"You're flying down at them, they're aiming up at you, where are you going to go?"
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I'm also currently listening to a collection of military themed songs by the Russian group "Lyube." In a song entiled "Shagom Marsh" (Forward March) there is line that I'm loosely translating
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A bullet flies striaght, not turnning at all. Birds and beast don't make a sound. It flies into my leg and comes out my chest. (pause in song) OH MOTHER THAT BIRTHED ME! I CAN'T DO ANYMORE! (Then the chorus) Forward March!"
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I wonder how many soldiers have felt like that before? Any russian out there that want to correct my translation, please feel free.
'Kay, I'm done.