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The Library of Babel

August 18, 2008 - 5:53 pm - by Richard Fernandez
buddy larsen
2008-08-19 11:06:14

Another place to look for answers:

“We’re surrounded. That simplifies the problem.”

Gen. “Chesty” Puller, USMC, when his 1st Marine Div was surrounded by 22 Chinese divisions at the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War. Later, retired (i assume), he observed,

“Our Country won’t go on forever, if we stay soft as we are now. There won’t
be any AMERICA because some foreign soldiery will invade us and take our
women and breed a hardier race!”