Hell, we barely have it here.Originally Posted by Bob's World
Truer words...
Hell, we barely have it here.
"What is best in life?" "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women."
"Poor Governance" = "Conditions of Insurgency"
This is a challenge for everyone. A constant challenge for everyone. No one can rest on their laurels on this issue.Hell, we barely have it here.
Robert C. Jones
Intellectus Supra Scientia
(Understanding is more important than Knowledge)
"The modern COIN mindset is when one arrogantly goes to some foreign land and attempts to make those who live there a lesser version of one's self. The FID mindset is when one humbly goes to some foreign land and seeks first to understand, and then to help in some small way for those who live there to be the best version of their own self." Colonel Robert C. Jones, US Army Special Forces (Retired)
Medal of Honour
There are several threads on this award and the main one is:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ad.php?t=11830
davidbfpo
Person of the Year
Via an email about military blog writing a reflective piece by a soldier on the choice of Time magazine, incidentally a person I'd not heard of:http://rajivsrinivasan.wordpress.com...n-of-the-year/
One paragraph:Thanks to Ken's comments and others I know a lot better than when I first came aboard SWC about the varying distance between the civilian and the soldier.I am not upset that Staff Sgt. Giunta wasn’t selected for the award. I don’t shame the periodical for not putting him on the short list. What makes me cringe is the fact that such heroic acts as Giunta’s in defense of our most beloved nation are still not “influential” enough — not valued enough — to move and inspire us as a country: a country for which so many of us cry fierce patriotism, yet feel so little of its burdens.
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