"My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military."
by:
Major General Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) Major General USMC, "Old Gimlet Eye'' and "Hell Devil Darling", most highly decorated military man from the pre-World War II era.
this is probably the most acurate statment made about the military, Because no mater how intellgent you are the final decision always fall to the stupidity of people who are thousands of miles away and never been anywhere near where you are. -- armymp, just north of hell
