Word.

Oh, and first word too.

God deals out mercy in mysterious ways. Paul Johnson had a Saudi friend, Saad al-Mu'min, who pleaded for his friend, vowing that if the terrorists harmed his friend, "I will never forgive you. I will curse you in all my prayers." I love how quickly his prayers worked!! I guess God was merciful to let them die so quickly.

excellent mantra.

"I will never forgive you. I will curse you in all my prayers. May all your daughters marry camels!!!"

Allah is with the US. Muslims are better off preaching any terrorist activity they're aware of to the nearest marine regiment.

I love Instant Karma!!! (although there's really no such thing, it's just quick justice!).

This little saying reminds me of something I read in a fantasy book once. Don't remember all of it, but here's the gist:

Once you're committed, cut. Don't think about anything else; cut. Cut through your enemy's defenses. Cut around them. Cut him, and make him bleed. Once you commit, there is no turning back. There is only one thing: cut.

The United States will win this war, because God is on our side. And Yaweh can kick Allah's ass any day of the week.

That's because Allah's real name is ......are you ready?......Satan! And he's already been beaten (he's just trying to wreak havoc in the meantime!)!

Stanley: "War? Who are we at war with?"

Gabriel: "Anyone who impinges on America's freedom. Terrorist states, Stanley. Someone must bring their war to them. They bomb a church, we bomb 10. They hijack a plane, we take out an airport. They execute American tourist, we tactically nuke an entire city. Our job is to make terrorism so horrific that is becomes unthinkable to attack Americans."

From the movie Swordfish

Hai Patton sama! The words of a true warrior must always be heeded!

What was Patton's middle name anyway?

I'd look it up myself but I'm too lazy.

I thought Patton's middle name was "AssKicker".

When you put your hand, into a bunch of goo, that just a moment ago was your friend Paul Johnson...well, you'll know what to do.

with apologies to Gen. George S. Patton.

Sensei Patton has always had a way with words.

I've always been partial to:

"We'll use their guts to grease the treads of our tanks!"

Achtually JonahG, while I'm not trying to be picky, "Allah" is simply the word "God" in farsci. The God Christians Worship is the same one the Muslims worship. The difference is in the disciples.

Christians believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God. Muslims believe Jesus was nothing more than a Prophet. A powerful prophet, but just a Prophet nonetheless. They believe Muhammed was the living embodiment of God (or Allah).

I'm not saying that we have poor generals today but we sure could use a Patton now. He was unique and, despite his failings, any army with a General Patton on their side will be formidable.

Actually EMPWPAM,
The God of the Christians and the Jews is NOT the god of Islam. Allah does not mean the same thing as god in English. Allah is a specific god that predates Islam . The god "Allah" was one of many pagan gods worshiped in the middle east long before Islam. One of Muhammad's first actions when he took control of a few mid-east tribes was to enter a temple devoted to many gods and he destroyed all the idols except the one representing Allah, the moon god. He declared to his followers that there was no god but Allah. This is why the symbol for Islam is a crescent moon. Muhammad spread his new faith through military conquest, and if his opposition refused to convert to the exclusive worship of Allah they were killed. To acknowledge any god other than Allah was an immediate death scentance, so eventually no one in the middle east talked about any god other than Allah. It is true that some Bible translators have used the word Allah in place of the English word God, but this is not correct, the actual generic term for god in Aribic is, "ilahun". The god of the Koran is NOT the God of the Bible. Allah is not the same kind of being as the Jewish and Christian God. Yahweh is eternal and changless. (James 1:17) Allah changes (surah 2:106) Yahweh loves utterly. (John 3:16) Allah chooses to lead some astray (surah 32:13) Yahweh is triune (Matthew 28:19) To say the same of Allah is blasphomy (surah 5:73) The Bible and the Koran are not talking about the same being using different nouns, they are talking about irreconcilibly different entities.

If you are interested, I would recomend you read, "The Sword of the Prophet", by Serge Trifkovic, or "Unveiling Islam", by Ergun and Emir Caner.

Matt

Patton's philosophy was to attack. No defense, just attack and everything sorts itself out. While I don't really agree with him, there's no denying he had amazing results.
And offense is exactly what we should and are doing right now!

*Points his general's tessen (battle fan) menacingly at the Middle East*

Patton at his best....

"Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. Men, all this stuff you've heard about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans, love the sting of battle. When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, the big league ball players, the toughest boxers ... Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in Hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. Because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans. Now, an army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap. The Bilious bastards who wrote that stuff about individuality for the Saturday Evening Post, don't know anything more about real battle than they do about fornicating. Now we have the finest food and equipment, the best spirit, and the best men in the world. You know ... My God, I actually pity those poor bastards we're going up against. My God, I do. We're not just going to shoot the bastards, we're going to cut out their living guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. We're going to murder those lousy Hun bastards by the bushel. Now some of you boys, I know, are wondering whether or not you'll chicken out under fire. Don't worry about it. I can assure you that you'll all do your duty. The Nazis are the enemy. Wade into them. Spill their blood, shoot them in the belly. When you put your hand into a bunch of goo, that a moment before was your best friends face, you'll know what to do. Now there's another thing I want you to remember. I don't want to get any messages saying that we are holding our position. We're not holding anything, we'll let the Hun do that. We are advancing constantly, and we're not interested in holding onto anything except the enemy. We're going to hold onto him by the nose, and we're going to kick him in the ass. We're going to kick the hell out of him all the time, and we're going to go through him like crap through a goose. Now, there's one thing that you men will be able to say when you get back home, and you may thank God for it. Thirty years from now when you're sitting around your fireside with your grandson on your knee, and he asks you, What did you do in the great World War Two? You won't have to say, Well, I shoveled shit in Louisiana. Alright now, you sons of bitches, you know how I feel. I will be proud to lead you wonderful guys into battle anytime, anywhere. That's all."

I stand corrected Matt.

Hi, Cascade:

That 'general's tessen' is more commonly known as a Swagger Stick. And, I also belive that the Patton motto was: 'Always Attack! Never Retreat!'

Patton was more than "never retreat" he did not even want his guys holding their position.

"Now there's another thing I want you to remember. I don't want to get any messages saying that we are holding our position. We're not holding anything, we'll let the Hun do that. We are advancing constantly, and we're not interested in holding onto anything except the enemy. We're going to hold onto him by the nose, and we're going to kick him in the ass. We're going to kick the hell out of him all the time, and we're going to go through him like crap through a goose"

Come to think of it, that was our strategy in the Iraq war: just keep moving toward Baghdad as fast as our tanks would carry us. Don't waste time trying to police and secure Basra or set up a southern base camp, just push ahead to the capital and shoot at anything that kept us from that goal. Even eating and sleeping time were rare. The quizling media and politicans soon made baseless assertions that our "supply lines" were being cut off. To that bleat, one retired officer said, to paraphrase, "We have planes and helicopters for that kind of thing! This isn't the Civil War!"

(Amusingly, I heard on the news one soldier said they wanted to keep on moving as fast as they can, since as long as the bulky tanks are running, they get the same gas mileage no matter how fast they go.)

The result: the Republican Guard retreated and retreated closer to Baghdad until its divisions vanished into thin air. There was barely any fighting or even surrenders; by all indications, they simply deserted.

General Patton gave good advice, and General Franks followed it. Thank you both.

"If they bring a knife, you bring a gun. If they put one of yours in the hospital, put one of theirs in the morgue...That's the Chicago way."

--delivered masterfully by Sean Connery in The Untouchables