One salutes Field Marshall von Mackensen out of respect and fear. And because the last feldwebel who failed to do so lost his head. His shrunken skull reminds the lesser ranks to snap to, boot stamp, etc, etc.
17 posted on 01/06/2015 3:34:57 PM PST by Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
One salutes Field Marshall von Mackensen out of respect and fear. And because the last feldwebel who failed to do so lost his head. His shrunken skull reminds the lesser ranks to snap to, boot stamp, etc, etc.
Must be something about the Krautisch genome.
35 posted on 01/07/2015 11:52:28 PM PST by cynwoody
