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Go Navy, Beat Army

by Bryan Strawser · Dec 6, 2003

he Navy Midshipmen will take on the Black Knights of Army this afternoon at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field (68,532) in the 104th playing of the Army-Navy game. Kickoff is set for 4:20 p.m. and the game will be broadcast nationally by CBS-TV and Westwood One Radio starting at 4 p.m.

The Mids enter today’s game with a lot to play for as Navy will take home the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy for the first time since 1981 with a victory over the Black Knights.

Navy is coming off a 63-34 shellacking of Central Michigan that saw the Mids run up 644 yards of total offense, including 530 yards on the ground. Army is coming off a 59-28 loss at Hawai’i. [Navy Sports]

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Perhaps…

by Bryan Strawser · Nov 26, 2003

“Forsan et haec olim meminisse invabit”

Perhaps there should come a day when it will be sweet to remember even these things

Victor David Hansen, in Ripples of Battle, about the battle for Okinawa during the Second World War.

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Currently Reading

by Bryan Strawser · Nov 12, 2003

Stephen Ambrose’s excellent biography of Eisenhower’s war years. The Supreme Commander.

This marks the third World War II book in a row I’ve read – beginning with An Army at Dawn and continuing with Omar Bradley’s memoirs of World War II.

Such a fascinating time in our history.

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Joshua Chamberlain Site

by Bryan Strawser · Nov 10, 2003

Found this outstanding site, To the Limits of the Soul’s Ideal – an online monument to Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.

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Iraq Attempted Last Minute Deal to Avert War

by Bryan Strawser · Nov 6, 2003

I expect this to be a huge issue as the election approaches, especially if any of these documents come to light.

As American soldiers massed on the Iraqi border in March and diplomats argued about war, an influential adviser to the Pentagon received a secret message from a Lebanese-American businessman: Saddam Hussein wanted to make a deal. Iraqi officials, including the… [Gulf War Online]

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Lt. Col Tim Collins’s Speech

by Bryan Strawser · Oct 31, 2003

We go to liberate, not to conquer.
We will not fly our flags in their country
We are entering Iraq to free a people and the only flag which will be flown in that ancient land is their own.
Show respect for them.

There are some who are alive at this moment who will not be alive shortly.
Those who do not wish to go on that journey, we will not send.
As for the others, I expect you to rock their world.
Wipe them out if that is what they choose.
But if you are ferocious in battle remember to be magnanimous in victory.

Iraq is steeped in history.
It is the site of the Garden of Eden, of the Great Flood and the birthplace of Abraham.
Tread lightly there.

You will see things that no man could pay to see
— and you will have to go a long way to find a more decent, generous and upright people than the Iraqis.
You will be embarrassed by their hospitality even though they have nothing.

Don’t treat them as refugees for they are in their own country.
Their children will be poor, in years to come they will know that the light of liberation in their lives was brought by you.

If there are casualties of war then remember that when they woke up and got dressed in the morning they did not plan to die this day.
Allow them dignity in death.
Bury them properly and mark their graves.

It is my foremost intention to bring every single one of you out alive.
But there may be people among us who will not see the end of this campaign.
We will put them in their sleeping bags and send them back.
There will be no time for sorrow.

The enemy should be in no doubt that we are his nemesis and that we are bringing about his rightful destruction.
There are many regional commanders who have stains on their souls and they are stoking the fires of hell for Saddam.
He and his forces will be destroyed by this coalition for what they have done.
As they die they will know their deeds have brought them to this place. Show them no pity.

It is a big step to take another human life.
It is not to be done lightly.
I know of men who have taken life needlessly in other conflicts.
I can assure you they live with the mark of Cain upon them.

If someone surrenders to you then remember they have that right in international law and ensure that one day they go home to their family.
The ones who wish to fight, well, we aim to please.

If you harm the regiment or its history by over-enthusiasm in killing or in cowardice, know it is your family who will suffer.
You will be shunned unless your conduct is of the highest — for your deeds will follow you down through history.
We will bring shame on neither our uniform or our nation.

(On Saddam’s chemical and biological weapons.)

It is not a question of if, it’s a question of when.
We know he has already devolved the decision to lower commanders, and that means he has already taken the decision himself.
If we survive the first strike we will survive the attack.

As for ourselves, let’s bring everyone home and leave Iraq a better place for us having been there.

Our business now is north.

– Lt. Colonel Tim Collins, Royal Irish Regiment, The Royal Army

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Visiting Baghdad

by Bryan Strawser · Oct 28, 2003

In case you really wanted to visit Baghdad, here’s a Guide to Life in Baghdad from MSNBC.

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