May 23, 2008

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
- George Orwell

April 30, 2008

"The only regrets that were quietly expressed were the dismay that we had not been allowed to stay in Somalia and complete our mission. It is difficult enough to bury a fallen comrade, but even harder to look into the eyes of his family, knowing that the objective for which he died has been deemed unobtainable by the very men who sent him to his death."
- Michael J. Durant, "In the Company of Heroes" (p 347)