Today's DU lullaby

[underpants]

as you put your head down on the pillow tonight I hope that you all remember three things.

"Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet."

"The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot. There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim."

"I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes, if you fuck with me, I'll kill you all."

-Major General James Mattis

from "Fiasco" by Thomas Ricks
http://armchairgeneralist.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/08/gen_mattis_and_.html