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.
Friday, December 2, 2016
German Navy minehunter Gromitz after a grounding incident in 2007.
Some poor captain lost his stripes.
ReplyDeleteCaptain, Officer of the Deck, Navigator... all looking for a good job in civvy strasse.
ReplyDeleteAch schitzen!
ReplyDeleteDid someone on the bridge say, "Hold my beer and watch this!" just before this happened?
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