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    Default Nomination for COIN Quote of the Day

    "Trying to figure out if you're winning [in COIN] is like trying to figure out if your grass is growing by staring at it for an hour."
    - From an email sent by a current company commander in Iraq to me, 9/5/08
    "A Sherman can give you a very nice... edge."- Oddball, Kelly's Heroes
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cavguy View Post
    - From an email sent by a current company commander in Iraq to me, 9/5/08
    That certainly has my vote!

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    "Trying to figure out if you're winning [in COIN] is like trying to figure out if your grass is growing by staring at it for an hour."
    - From an email sent by a current company commander in Iraq to me, 9/5/08
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    Oddball: Crazy! I mean like so many positive waves maybe we can't lose! You're on!
    "But suppose everybody on our side felt that way?"
    "Then I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way. Wouldn't I?"


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