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'I Chose The Gun': Netherlands Gen. Gives Passionate Defense of Military
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"Peter van Uhm is the Netherlands’ chief of defense. He knows the art of war. But despite being a man of the sword, he’s not a bloodthirsty soldier with an insatiable desire to kill ... Instead, he is a distinguished man with a craft. And in an inspiring TED talk recently, he explained why he 'chose the gun.' ..."
"'Ladies and gentleman, I share your goals,' he said while holding a rifle. 'I share the goals of the speakers you heard before. I did not choose to take up the pen, the brush, the camera. I chose this instrument. I chose the gun.'"
"'Let us cherish the fact that most of you have never been close to a gun,' he added. Why? 'It means the Netherlands is a peaceful country. ...'" ... |
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A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero (42B.C) |
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