[beckett]

This speech gets posted about once every three or four months on FR. Fine speech, and I suppose some may see it today who have not seen it before, but I think it's getting a little worn from overuse.

[SteamshipTime]

Good speech on the real nature of war. The general who directed the bombing of Japan said at a press conference, "War is about killing people. And when you kill enough of them, they stop fighting."

[ex-snook]

"Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle." ..... "Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge."

To set the record straight as a guy from an infantry unit that was attached briefly to Patton's 3rd Army in December 1944 (Bulge time), guys fought because it was the right thing to do not because they "loved it".

But I think these lines fit a lot of the 'let's get in war' crowd in Washington and the assorted war pundits.

"This individual heroic stuff is pure horse shit. The bilious bastards who write that kind of stuff for the Saturday Evening Post don't know any more about real fighting under fire than they know about fucking!"

To apply Patton's test on the writer's qualification, would someone please post the names of those among the Washington war advocates who themselves or have sons or daughters in 'real fighting' units?

[Bandolier]

If he had posted this as a Freeper, he would now be "No Current Freeper By That Name."

[nothingnew]

Good post Lockbox, even if it annoys some people here for being, uh, "redundant or repetitive". I could read it once a week.

FMCDH

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