Posted on 03/14/2017 6:22:43 PM PDT by pboyington
I wish I could find the accurate quote by Curtis Lemay to a reporter who asked him why, if our bombers carried enough nuclear weapons to destroy every major city on earth, would he have made the Strategic Air Command motto: “Peace is Our Profession”.
He answered (and I have to paraphrase): “Peace IS our profession. Bombing things and blowing things up, we do that for fun and entertainment...”
The horrified snowflake of a reporter supposedly was speechless...
I remember growing up that the SAC base near me had “peace is our profession” on a sign right in front of the base gate. On the opposite side of the gate, seen while leaving was the badge of SAC with “total annihilation is our job”.
CC
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