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I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time read more
I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time in Vietnam told me many stories—but none more chilling than the one from two helicopter pilots. They told me how they would shoot the friendlies on their way back from reconnaissance missions just so they could empty their ammunition before returning to base. The friendlies were South Vietnamese women and children, helpless victims in a war they did not understand. But to the American pilots, they were simply dots on the ground.
Whitehead is a political conservative.
How many have been frozen gored starved or blown apart
by Hitler, LBJ, Genghis Khan, Churchill, or Bonaparte?
How many have been frozen gored starved or blown apart
by Hitler, LBJ, Genghis Khan, Churchill, or Bonaparte?
Peace, like charity, begins at home.
Peace, like charity, begins at home.
There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one read more
There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
and the big fool says to push on
singing about an incident in read more
We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
and the big fool says to push on
singing about an incident in which
marine recruits died driven to their deaths by an officer.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
A severe war lurks under the show of peace.
[Lat., Mars gravior sub pace latet.]
A severe war lurks under the show of peace.
[Lat., Mars gravior sub pace latet.]
One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.
One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.
