Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
It’s so great to see the Iraqis voting in such large numbers and with such joy. Our men and women, the coalition, and the Iraqu forces are doing a fantastic job.
Today’s reports affected me in a way that I have never experienced… I raised my pint glass to an entire nation (or, to be precise, a large percentage of a nation). “Cheers”, I said, “and may you now have a say in your destiny.” “To have lived, and seen such days.” Indeed sir, indeed.
I know the mission is not complete and there is still much to do but this needs to be said.
Our troops set the conditions for this and desrve 95% of the credit. The volunteer military made this happen and to have participated and continue to participate in this radically historic enterprise is something this generation can be proud- forever. Our future leaders, civilian & military will be the veterans and those back here who supported the mission. To miss this event in our history is like being a twenty-something during WWII who spent the time in Switzerland or some such place. All the glory and honor goes to our miltary men and women. As it should be.
For those who stayed back and criticized ande put America last, may they be reviled by those that served and in the history books of the future. Yes, reviled the same way we look back at the Tories, the Copperheads and the No-nothings…..
B2
Haven’t heard anything from my favorite troll concerning this… But I have the radio -direction platoon in direct contact with the MRL battery…
…Just in case, ya unnderstand…