Discuss A Reminder from History that War is Indeed Hell in US on The Army Rumour Service; I had seen this some years ago and ran across it again today. Another reason why many combat veterans are slow to want another war.
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A Reminder from History that War is Indeed Hell
I had seen this some years ago and ran across it again today. Another reason why many combat veterans are slow to want another war.
A few stills:
Last edited by jumpinjarhead; 18-06-2012 at 21:09.
sirbhp likes this."A democracy cannot survive as a permanent form of government. It can last only until its citizens discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority (who vote) will vote for those candidates promising the greatest benefits from the public purse, with the result that a democracy will always collapse from loose fiscal policies, always followed by a dictatorship." Lord Thomas MacCauley 1857
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Shouldn't have joined if you can't take a joke...
- 18-06-2012, 21:36 #3A joke? Should I be laughing?
Originally Posted by chocolate_frog 
"A democracy cannot survive as a permanent form of government. It can last only until its citizens discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority (who vote) will vote for those candidates promising the greatest benefits from the public purse, with the result that a democracy will always collapse from loose fiscal policies, always followed by a dictatorship." Lord Thomas MacCauley 1857
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Don't worry JJ, he is on a mission to get his 20,000 posts in! Originally Posted by jumpinjarhead
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JJH - Where did those stills originate from ?
- 18-06-2012, 21:42 #6Looks like Vietnam but I could be wrong. Originally Posted by JoeyDeacon Sparky2339 likes this.Dry books of tactics are beneath the notice of a man of genius, and it is a known fact that every British officer is inspired with a perfect knowledge of his duty, the moment he gets his commission; and if it were not, it would be sufficiently acquired in conversaziones at the main-guard or the grand sutler's.
Advice to Officer's of the British Army, published 1782
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Or crying. Originally Posted by jumpinjarhead
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What possessed you to post this? Does anyone need reminding?
- 18-06-2012, 21:48 #9
JJH - would also like to know who the snapper is. Was it Horst Faas?
- 18-06-2012, 21:49 #10He died a couple of weeks ago, google and all is there, nothing new in these pics. Faas took alot better and more grainy. Originally Posted by King_of_the_Burpas Dry books of tactics are beneath the notice of a man of genius, and it is a known fact that every British officer is inspired with a perfect knowledge of his duty, the moment he gets his commission; and if it were not, it would be sufficiently acquired in conversaziones at the main-guard or the grand sutler's.
Advice to Officer's of the British Army, published 1782
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