This space to be filled with the random musings, rants, and observations of a Cynical Soldier with far too much time in strange lands enforcing US foreign policy.
"The reason the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices it on a daily basis."- from a post-war debriefing of a German General
One of the serious problems in planning the fight against American doctrine, is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine...- From a Soviet Junior Lt's Notebook
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. -- James Nicoll
