And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
People who've been in battle always remember the smell. It can't be captured in any way besides being there. There is a sickening sweet smell to putrefying human flesh, not to mention the fecal issue. All war is hell and that's the truth. But there is something perversely challenging in risking it all. I have a couple scars from my small wars, but otherwise came out of it intact (if you discount crazy).
I prefer the P-47 over the Typhoon for ground attack, but damn, that's an awesome painting.
ReplyDeleteThose tankers must be shitting the proverbial Twinkies. Imagine the smell.
DeletePeople who've been in battle always remember the smell. It can't be captured in any way besides being there. There is a sickening sweet smell to putrefying human flesh, not to mention the fecal issue. All war is hell and that's the truth. But there is something perversely challenging in risking it all. I have a couple scars from my small wars, but otherwise came out of it intact (if you discount crazy).
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