American Soldiers Quotes

The uniform, the record, and the cost paid quietly.

These are grounded, reported lines: over 20,000 soldiers quietly deserting since the Iraq war began, and a squadron commander's own 325 combat hours before he ever entered politics.


One raises a pointed civil-rights question, whether segregating African American soldiers under apartheid logic would ever have been called acceptable, and another warns what a preemptive attack really costs in soldiers and civilians alike.