“My philosophy
like colour TV
is all there
in black and white”
Monty Python
War & the Military
An army's weapons are made by the lowest bidder.
Anonymous If it moves, salute it; if it doesn't move, pick it up; if you can't pick it up, paint it.
Anonymous It is not known with what weapon World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants — the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone and prevent warfare from becoming a mere lower-class brawl.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2004) No guts, no glory. No brain, same story.
Anonymous Old soldiers never die; young ones do.
Anonymous Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
Anonymous Two rules you must always remember: 1; Never give out all the information.
Anonymous War doesn't determine who's right; it determines who's left.
Anonymous War is first the hope that one will be better off, then the expectation that the other will be worse off, then the satisfaction that the other is not better off either, and then the surprise that both are worse off.
Krieg ist zuerst die Hoffnung, daß es einem besser gehen wird, hierauf die Erwartung, daß es dem anderen schlechter gehen wird, dann die Genugtuung, daß es dem anderen auch nicht besser geht, und hernach die Überraschung, daß es beiden schlechter geht.
Karl Kraus (1874-1936) War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
