Blog post later, but I can't say this still isn't one of my favorite quotes of all time or that I'm not just completely exhausted.
Nope.
I can't.
It is and I am.
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7 comments:
Niiice...that is one of my favorite quotes, too!
I had not heard that before, but it is a great quote.
And then he thought for a second and said, "Fuck it!" and wiped out the village. They hated us anyway.
Hope IS the General Mattis of mil support. Don't take any crap Hope! Get after 'em!!
My favorite quote, that I still use is:
"I can be your best friend....
or, your worst enemey....you have a choice in this matter. Which do you choose?"
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The quote is part of a long story that had to do with the General's endless meetings of a Sunni insurgents who Mattis was working on to cross over to the side of peace and progress. It was remarkable, really. Read the whole story in Thomas Rick's book, "The Gamble".
I think if anything, it shows not only his being tough when he needed, but also that he could work through what under most circumstances would be untenable. But COIN changed a lot of things, the entire approach.