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Quotes by Soldier
"I believe that presidents up through and including George Bush have known that Americans were left alive and in violation of law, these high officials and certain of their appointed subordinates have continued and perpetrated a cover up of this reality."
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"I would adopt a standpoint, irrespective of whether someone was for or against it, if I felt deeply that it was right for the movement."
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"I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling thing of all."
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"I'm a professor of national security studies, and I know a lot more about fighting than Rumsfeld does."
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"I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly."
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"I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well."
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"Probably we'll think of Bush in years to come as an American hero."
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"There was no indication of panic. The broken files marched back in steady step. The effort was nobly made and failed from the blows that could not be fended."
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"And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II."
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"The purpose of Plan Columbia was to deal with the increased cultivation and illegal activity associated with that cultivation concerning narco trafficking in Columbia."
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"The one effective method of defending one's own territory from an offensive by air is to destroy the enemy's air power with the greatest possible speed."
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"I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in the top of the cockpit as I tried to leave my Spitfire."
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"Once the mass of the defending infantry become possessed of low moral, the battle is as good as lost."
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"During the mission, Walter Jones, a team member was given a package containing bone fragments by a Lao. The source said they were from a crash site. He presented photographs showing himself in company with others digging around obvious aircraft debris."
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"Nuclear deterrence doesn't work outside of the Russian - U.S. context; Saddam Hussein showed that."
Work,
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"I'm glad that it didn't take as long to get Shepard off the ground as it's taken this series. I'd begun to think the Congo would be ahead of us in the space race before Whispering Smith ever got on the air."
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"Vex not thy spirit at the course of things they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything that may happen in life."
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"Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also."
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"We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion."
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"I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version."
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"Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story."
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"After that he turned to the question of invading England. Hitler said that during the previous year he could not afford to risk a possible failure; apart from that, he had not wished to provoke the British, as he hoped to arrange peace talks."
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"We shall meet again before long to march to new triumphs."
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