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The end is important in all things.
Samurai warrior wisdom, submitted by B.Price |
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Every military strength contains the seeds of its own weakness.
Build a weapon too strong,
it will be slow & may consume too much energy in operating.
Build a weapon too light & swift,
it will be dangerously vulnerable when it breaks down,
which is inevitable.
Build a weapon too successful,
commanders will rely on it too long until its weaknesses are revealed by the enemy.
Lesson learned as a result of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Information is not power.
Power consists in the correct application of information.
Without applying information correctly, its useless.
Raw data just taking up space.
lesson learned as a result of the 9-11 attacks
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"Texas Law" presides over everything.
Lesson learned as a result of President John F. Kennedy's assination.
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Experts often possess more data than judgment.
Never neglect details.
When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.
There are no secrets to success.
It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You don't know what you can get away with until you try.
Bad news isn't wine.
It doesn't improve with age.
When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion,
whether you think I'll like it or not. Disagreement, at this state, stimulates me.
But once a decision is made, the debate ends.
From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own.
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A good plan violently executed now
is better than a perfect plan next week
Most battles are won before they are ever fought.
If everyone is thinking alike,
then somebody isn't thinking.
The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision.
That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine!
When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision,
turn off all your fears and go ahead!
General G.S. Patton
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"If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism"
Thomas Sowell
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"Fight terrorism as if there is no peace process.
Pursue peace as if there is no terrorism."
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
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Courage is being scared to death—but saddling up anyway.
J. Wayne
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We will either find a way or make one.
Hannibal [Barca]
2nd Century General of Carthage
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To have security against atomic bombs and against the other biological weapons,
we have to prevent war,
for if we cannot prevent war every nation will use every means that is at their disposal;
and in spite of all promises they make, they will do it.
At the same time, so long as war is not prevented,
all the governments of the nations have to prepare for war, and if you have to prepare for war,
then you are in a state where you cannot abolish war.
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing.
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Speed, Power, Jointness, Knowledge, Precision.
The backbone of American warefare.
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| Bagdad March 2003 "Shock & Awe" |
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Courage is doing what you're afraid to do.
There can be no courage unless you're scared.
E. Rickenbacker
World War I hero
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| Protection at its finest. |
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Now, because you own , you possess.
You have something that they can take.
You remember how it was when you had nothing.
You looked at the ones who had what you wanted
and you felt strong in your need.
Brave in your limited surroundings.
Righteous in your desires for something different.
Contemptuous of those who had exactly what you wanted.
You hated them because they looked weak and slightly scared.
You circled the water hole and thought about closing in.
Now you have it and feel weak in your power to keep it.
You feel desperate to make them see that you won't let them take it away.
Because it's yours.
You never had to justify yourself and your possessions before.
I earned this.
I worked hard for what I've got.
I paid my dues.
I deserve this.
You say these things to yourself as the animals circle and wait.
Shake your fists at the Hyenas.
Chase them away from your water hole.
Justify.
See them all differently..
Now you see that they all want something.
You get some juice.
Human becomes prey.
Human gets scared.
Figure out that you have to become hard to keep it yours.
You have to be cruel.
You have to kill them off just for looking.
Leave the bodies by the water hole so the rest will see.
Hang spent bullet cases from fishing line outside
all the windows of your house.
Put up signs.
Please break in.
I would love the opportunity to kill you legally.
Let the fear turn into desperate anger.
Start seeing the differences in people.
They all start looking suspicious.
They all want.
The need never stops.
Out there, someone is always needing.
Always hungry.
Always looking at you.
Checking your eyes for weakness.
Zeroing in on the vein in your neck.
As they circle the water hole.
And close in.
H.R. (Delicate Tendrils)
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