RE: Malaysian airlines plane shot down over Ukraine
July 17, 2014 at 11:42 pm
(This post was last modified: July 17, 2014 at 11:51 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Nope, sure doesn't. People can make "bad decisions" - more accurately, decisions with negative consequences, for all the right reasons. In the case of military personnel, the gap between our ideals of a perfect or better world and the reality of the world we live in are often very easy to spot. He did what he was trained to do, what he had an obligation to do, and ultimately, what he felt he must do. It aint the player, it's the game.
This is just my opinion, and it's only marginally related, but the mark of an officer is decisiveness in the face of uncertainty.
This is just my opinion, and it's only marginally related, but the mark of an officer is decisiveness in the face of uncertainty.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
