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“The protected and self-righteous regularly talk knee-jerk ill-informed accusations towards the militaries of the western world every time civilians are killed in combat. Yet, they sit by quietly while the Taliban and many other terrorist organizations intentionally fight and hide behind or within innocent civilian populations.”
― Lions of Kandahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Odds
― Lions of Kandahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Odds
“Set the highest example. Remember, no one ever did anything absolutely right. Perfection is impossible, but striving for perfection is not. You have the power to do that.”
― The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228
― The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228
“All the money anyone needs is just enough to prevent one from being a burden on others.”
― The Wright Brothers
― The Wright Brothers
“The truth as Joseph and his comrades discovered, was that the Islamic State's fighters were skilled butchers, but lousy soldiers. "They're only good at terrorizing people who aren't armed," he said. "They think they're good, but when we wake them up in the middle of the night, they would crap their pants.”
― Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
― Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
“Hour by hour I laid in bed thinking about what would motivate those who say they are defending people of color to brutally beat a person of color.”
― Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy
― Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy
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