Quotes March 15, 2024

When you give your phone to a kid you’re not giving your kid access to the world, you’re giving the world access to your kid.
Shawn Ryan
Former Navy SEAL/CIA
 
 
 
 
I was a grunt, walking around in the jungle of Vietnam, trying not to find the enemy. Because I am so big, they were going to give me either a heavy radio or a huge machine gun to carry. I carried a radio.
Bob Gunton
 
 
 
 
You don’t attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody who fought in that war was at fault. It was the war itself that was at fault. It’s the same thing with psychotherapy.
James Hillman
 
 
 
 
That’s what supporting the troops is really all about – making sure American grunts get the right stuff!
David Hackworth
 
 
 
 
“US General Mathew Ridgeway was speaking about “Operation Vulture”. He said, “When the day comes for me to meet my maker and account for my actions, the thing that I would be most proud of is the fact that I fought against and perhaps totally prevented the carrying out of one of the most hare-brained tactical schemes that would have cost the lives of thousands upon thousands of men!”
Michael G. Kramer
(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”