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Motivators...

By The Armorer on December 21, 2006 | | Comments (10)

This one seems apt for today - given Bill's story of being mortared, failure to honor a truce, and Oldloadrs observation yesterday about M113s wearing fencing.

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By Heartless Libertarian on December 21, 2006 9:47 AM
Stryker MCV-B variant, that one. Not sure if the 172d or 3/2 were the first to take those to Iraq.
 
By John of Argghhh! on December 21, 2006 10:31 AM
I was just tying in the comment about the fencing... Snipers. I'm surrounded by snipers!
 
By ry on December 21, 2006 12:21 PM
And ankle bitting Ferrets. ;)
 
By Dave on December 21, 2006 1:47 PM
I love the sentiment expressed! :-) Reminds me of the Patton quote-can't remember his exact words-to the effect that the goal of combat isn't to die gloriously for your country but to make the enemy die gloriously for his.
 
By Maggie on December 21, 2006 8:29 PM
“No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.”
 
By John of Argghhh! on December 21, 2006 10:12 PM
“No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.” is how I remember it, Maggie.
 
By BillT on December 22, 2006 12:46 AM
Yup, John's got it, Mags. And *no*, I wasn't there when Georgie said it...
 
By Maggie on December 22, 2006 7:46 AM
Beauty defers to age.
   
By Maggie on December 22, 2006 5:18 PM
Speechless? I like that!