"A speedy victory is the main object in war. If this is long in coming, weapons are blunted and morale depressed. If troops are attacking cities, their strength will be exhausted. When the army engages in protracted campaigns, the resources of the state will fall short. When your weapons are dulled and ardor dampened, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, the chieftains of the neighboring states will take advantage of your crisis to act. In that case, no man, however wise, will be able to avert the disastrous consequences that ensue. Thus, while we have heard of stupid haste in war, we have not yet seen a clever operation that was prolonged. for there has never been a protracted war which benefited a country. Therefore, those unable to understand the evils inherent in employing troops are equally unable to understand the advantageous ways of doing so."
FReegards...MUD
"As in two of those attacks, witnesses Friday reporting seeing a white van leaving the scene. The trooper heard the shot at about 9:30 a.m. but only saw the victim, a black man, fall at the Exxon station pumps about 50 yards away, said Maj. Howard Smith of the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office. The victim's identity was not released. "With a uniformed trooper across the street, obviously we're dealing with an individual who is extremely violent and doesn't care," Smith said. Authorities immediately shut down a stretch of Interstate 95, and they began pulling over white vans after witnesses reported seeing a van with two people driving from the gas station. Bruce Bingham, who was working at another gas station across the street, said he also heard a single gunshot and saw an unmarked white van at the corner. "It would be, if you pulled out of the Exxon and tried to make a left to go south on Route 1, it would be right there, the very first vehicle after the stop light," he said. Authorities said witnesses were giving them descriptions of the men seen inside. "
Heads up...MUD
"A speedy victory is the main object in war. If this is long in coming, weapons are blunted and morale depressed. If troops are attacking cities, their strength will be exhausted. When the army engages in protracted campaigns, the resources of the state will fall short. When your weapons are dulled and ardor dampened, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, the chieftains of the neighboring states will take advantage of your crisis to act. In that case, no man, however wise, will be able to avert the disastrous consequences that ensue. Thus, while we have heard of stupid haste in war, we have not yet seen a clever operation that was prolonged for there has never been a protracted war which benefited a country. Therefore, those unable to understand the evils inherent in employing troops are equally unable to understand the advantageous ways of doing so."
FReegards...MUD
"A speedy victory is the main object in war. If this is long in coming, weapons are blunted and morale depressed. If troops are attacking cities, their strength will be exhausted. When the army engages in protracted campaigns, the resources of the state will fall short. When your weapons are dulled and ardor dampened, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, the chieftains of the neighboring states will take advantage of your crisis to act. In that case, no man, however wise, will be able to avert the disastrous consequences that ensue. Thus, while we have heard of stupid haste in war, we have not yet seen a clever operation that was prolonged, for there has never been a protracted war which benefited a country. Therefore, those unable to understand the evils inherent in employing troops are equally unable to understand the advantageous ways of doing so."
FReegards...MUD