Quotes September 10, 2021

“I fully understand that 9/11 is shifting into history. But this is why the veterans community is so important. Because as these things do shift into history, the veterans are often the last voice there to remind all of us what has happened, what a terrible thing war is and what we lost.”
Barbara Starr, CNN Correspondent
 
 
 
 
There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
Otto von Bismarck
 
 
 
 
The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.
Charles Bukowski
 
 
 
 
U.S. troops sometimes refer to their escalation of force options as the five S’s, as Adam Tiffen wrote in 2015: “shout, show, shove, shoot to warn, and then finally, shoot to kill.”
 
 
 
 
Paraphrase
Life is about the choices you make. I’m not going to say there are wrong ones and rights one but there are consequences and benefits
Andy Stumpf, Ret. Navy SEAL
 
 
 
 
There is always more to learn.
Always.
What an incredible gift knowledge is.
Angry Staff Officer