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
We’ve beat this one to death before…38 real good men and their dog died without firing a shot on what proved to be an unecessary mission…nothings changed. The men and their dog are still dead…are they heroes?…probably
…but hapless ones at best….Best
The tragedy is itself more than we can bear, public floggings would only compound the issues.
I would rather the punishments be far from the public eye.
Rule # 1 of War – Young men die.
Rule # 2 of War – Commanders, Sr. Enlisted and medical personnel are not allowed to change rule # 1.
Sux all the way around. Seen it up close & personal. Nuff’ said.
Very similiar to the 47 situation in “Not a Good day to Die”.
War is hell. Sh!t happens. The end.