Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

ANZAC Day

ANZAC Day today commemorates the 102nd Anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli. Though, in truth, we probably should be calling ti the Battle of Çanakkale, because the Turks prevailed.

56,000 soldiers of the French and British Empires died, as well as a roughly equal number of soldiers from the Ottoman Empire.

In a more just world, a few general officers would have been shot afterwards.

Anyway, a past post, with links to others.

5 comments:

Stewart Dean said...

As I've seen it go down in the corporate world, after every defeat, they pin medals on the generals and shoot the soldiers.

Tod Germanica said...

Not to mention the naval losses.
1 battlecruiser heavily damaged
3 pre-dreadnoughts sunk
3 pre-dreadnoughts heavily damaged
1 cruiser damaged
700 killed (ship crews on March 18)

Ten Bears said...

During my tour we had a solution to the officer problem. Officers kinda' frowned on it, tended to prosecute the application.

Old NFO said...

Pretty much an entire generation of men, gone in a very short period of time...

Murphy's Law said...

I've got a couple of old #1 Mk3 Enfields that might have been there or at least in the neighborhood.