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Originally Posted by lotsofmagnets
i have to be australian here. on april 25th 1915 australian and new zealand troops (among other allies) landed at gallipoli witht he intention of capturing istanbul. they met with fierce resistance and eventually withdrew. this day is celebrated in australia as anzac day and curiously enough i´m under the impression that australia is the only day in the world that celebrates, even has a public holiday for what was a military defeat.
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could be a reminder of the folly of armed conflict...
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.
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