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.
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"Beau Geste" was one of my favorite movies when I was a lad. My favorite line was uttered by Sergeant Markoff: "I am Sergeant Markoff. I make soldiers out of scum like you, and I don't do it gently. That I promise you"!
Agreed on DeGaulle. I thought Franco - who served in the Rif War, n’est ce pas? - as a better example. Of course, we are now more in “Camp of the Saints” territory.
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>>Welcome to the information page on how to join the French Foreign Legion. Please note that the ONLY way to join the Foreign Legion is to travel to mainland France (in Europe) and knock on the door of one of the Foreign Legion recruiting centers and offices. There is NO OTHER WAY! No online applications, no letters of invitation, no French embassy’s forms are offered to join the French Foreign Legion. Keep it in mind.<<
"Beau Geste" was one of my favorite movies when I was a lad. My favorite line was uttered by Sergeant Markoff: "I am Sergeant Markoff. I make soldiers out of scum like you, and I don't do it gently. That I promise you"!
ReplyDeleteAnd like so many, they were shat on by politicians whenever it suited . . .
ReplyDeleteLike in WWI & II. Then they fabricated de Gaulle into some sort of hero.
DeleteIt didn't stop there, either: See Bernard Fall's Street Without Joy or Hell in a Very Small Place.
DeleteAgreed on DeGaulle. I thought Franco - who served in the Rif War, n’est ce pas? - as a better example. Of course, we are now more in “Camp of the Saints” territory.
DeleteSimply put; you join us, we don't join you.
ReplyDeleteBugler appears to be a fit lad of 16-18 years. First hitch no doubt.
ReplyDeleteI don't know; those wrinkles, hands, and lines. Closer to 40 than 18.
DeleteWell over 40, probably 50 plus
DeleteCan't find buglers anymore, US military burials use a recording now.
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