1. "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet."
- One of the rules he gave his Marines to live by in Iraq
2. "That said, there are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot. There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, cunning, obedience and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim. It’s really a hell "
- Addressing a gathering of 200 marines
3. "You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them. Actually it's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up there with you. I like brawling."
4. "PowerPoint makes us stupid."
5. "I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all."
- Message to the Iraqi leaders in every area his men served in
I am sure Clarke had some manly things he said to his guys back in the day. I don’t know anything about this guy. I used to work at an embassy with lots of very high ranking military personnel. I was surprised at how many were libs. This guy may not be, but a couple of cool sayings does’t mean much.