Tell ya a story, about 30 years ago.
I was reading the bio of one of the famous SOF types of that day.
Fella had been and done: Russia to the Congo to Indochina.
Any way, there was a line..where he said.".All true soldiers are idealists, if you stop and think about it and it is that idealism which allows pols of any nation to screw them..the thing is ..even if they know that in their heads..their hearts still want to cling to the noble ideal and the better the soldier the deeper the faith.
The hardest thing for such a person is to see the world as it is.
To wake from that wonderfull dream...and to stay awake.
I KNOW..
Now..I have two rules: Always get paid in full and up front and always plan your own escape route."
I remember thinking..boy, is he screwed up.
Now I am starting to think that he was a lot smarter.. wiser than I could understand back then.
Karl
I was reading the bio of one of the famous SOF types of that day.
Fella had been and done: Russia to the Congo to Indochina.
Any way, there was a line..where he said.".All true soldiers are idealists, if you stop and think about it and it is that idealism which allows pols of any nation to screw them..the thing is ..even if they know that in their heads..their hearts still want to cling to the noble ideal and the better the soldier the deeper the faith.
The hardest thing for such a person is to see the world as it is.
To wake from that wonderfull dream...and to stay awake.
I KNOW..
Now..I have two rules: Always get paid in full and up front and always plan your own escape route."
I remember thinking..boy, is he screwed up.
Now I am starting to think that he was a lot smarter.. wiser than I could understand back then.
Karl
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Karl
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