Military quotes

[Tahuyaman]

https://www.thoughtco.com/military-q...re-you-2830421

27 Quotes From Military Leaders About Wars, Battlefields, and Bravery

[Tahuyaman]

One of the best is by as far as I know, some unknown soldier in WWII.... "They have us surrounded, the poor $#@!s."

[Tahuyaman]

George Patton.....“No dumb $#@! ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb $#@! die for his country.”

"When you put your hand into a bunch of goo that a moment before was your best friend's face, you'll know what to do."

[Tahuyaman]

General Anthony McCauliffe's response to German surrender demands...... "Nuts".

[Private Pickle]

General Anthony McCauliffe's response to German surrender demands...... "Nuts".

That’s one my favorites. Patton’s famous quote is probably my overall favorite.
“No $#@! ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb $#@! die for his country.”

[Tahuyaman]

That’s one my favorites. Patton’s famous quote is probably my overall favorite.
“No $#@! ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb $#@! die for his country.”

That one was in post #3

[Tahuyaman]

“We are not about to send American boys nine or ten thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.” —President Lyndon Johnson

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“All right. They’re on our left. They’re on our right. They’re in front of us, they’re behind us. They can’t get away this time’.”
― Jeff Shaara quoting Colonel "Chesty" Puller

[Private Pickle]

That one was in post #3

Was catching up.

[Tahuyaman]

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist: He is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational art, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man.

• Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., Gulf War briefing (28 February 1991)