A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.
From Norman Schwarzkopf
I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
Hey, I'm not a politician. I'm a ham. I love to give speeches.
This gulf war syndrome thing is truly unfortunate, and I've met some of the vets who have this. These are my guys, and I feel terrible about it.
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
I am an environmentalist, but I'm not a wacko environmentalist. I believe that mankind and nature can live side-by-side for the mutual benefit of both.
Unfortunately, if you've ever been in southern Georgia on the beaches in a lightning storm, if you're out there, you're in great, great danger, and you can be killed very, very quickly.
War is a profane thing.
Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that.
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