Eric Blehm Quotes

#1. It's a fucked-up war when you are more worried about fighting your chain of command than the actual enemy.

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#2. But pieces of paper do not stop bullets and rockets. Paper promises that fall from the sky cannot be trusted.

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#3. Tender Warrior," Adam replied and showed John the cover. "You can read it; I'm almost done. Check this out," he said, thumbing backward through the pages. "It was written by Stu Weber, a Vietnam veteran, Special Forces. He became a chaplain.

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#4. In any case, perhaps the quest for data to support our actions gets overemphasized. After all, our emotions distinguish us. Art and poetry and music are from and to the human heart, as is, for many, our relationship with the land.' ~ Randy Morgenson

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#5. Back in civilization I begin the questioning," wrote Randy. "What to do with life? What kind of life? In wilderness this ceases; the questions aren't answered, they dissolve." BEFORE

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#6. Don't ever put your life on the line for something you don't believe in.

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#7. The least I owe these mountains is a body. - Randy Morgenson

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#8. And he always stood up for the underdog--never realizing that because of his size he was one himself.

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#9. and following your ideals is the only thing worth dying for.

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#10. Our lives are not good - it is not the Afghanistan we remember - but it is still life.

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#11. guess it's like driving a car, you gotta watch out for the other guy! I

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#12. Other than hunting down the terrorists responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001, Amerine suspected that the United States had no comprehensive plan, military or otherwise.

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#13. And so the moral of his fabled travels read like Santiago's, the boy in Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist: Randy had traveled around the world in search of treasure and came home to find it in his own backyard. He

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#14. There's a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and is much less prevalent.

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#15. British General Andrew Skeen, who faced a similar military mission in 1939, wrote, "When planning a military expedition into Pashtun tribal areas, the first thing you must plan is your retreat. All expeditions into this area sooner or later end in retreat under fire.

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#16. villages were regularly patrolled by the Taliban.

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#17. just programmed into the bomb's guidance system. "Hey!" the copilot told the Delta operator. "We don't

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#18. Randy had even told the younger ranger, 'There's nothing s season in the backcountry can't cure.

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#19. You gotta do what you gotta do, and when you're done, you'll be stronger.

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#20. His supervisor, a well-liked ranger by the name of Dick McLaren, gave Randy a line of advice to which he would adhere for the rest of his career: 'The best way to teach the public isn't with a citation, it's with communication.

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#21. Wilderness An area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain. - Howard Zahniser Perhaps

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