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"Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet."

Marine General James Mattis

One of the rules Maj. Gen. James Mattis gave his Marines to live by in Iraq, as quoted in Fiasco:
The American Military Adventure in Iraq (2006) by Thomas E. Ricks;
as excerpted in Armed Forces Journal (August 2006)
Source: Wikiquote




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69 posted on 05/29/2017 7:33:30 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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"I feel sorry for every son of a bitch that doesn't get to serve with you."

Marine General James Mattis

Addressing his Marines at an air base in Iraq.




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72 posted on 05/29/2017 10:10:25 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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