“I remember seeing [the treatment of captured Iraqi soldiers] and thinking that it was cruel to the bone. It is degrading to say the least.”
Abu Ghraib
“Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal”
Tupac Shakur
“I don't think I could be a foot soldier. I don't know if I could take orders too good. I'm a little lazy.”
Benicio Del Toro
“I never expect a soldier to think.”
George Bernard Shaw
“I think I have been a good soldier, ... So you can imagine my shock on May 13 when the only base in my state, which happens to be 10 minutes from my house, was on the list.”
Rob Simmons
“The soldiers thing, I think the Italians picked it up first. I've done interviews with the Italians, the French, Amsterdam. ... They were very critical, saying the US wouldn't pick it up, because it's such a sore spot. ... It raises too many ethical questions. ... I started to laugh, because it's true.”
Chris Wilson
“I think that some of our soldiers die in the battlefield and some come home to bad health and die prematurely, just by the nature of the kind of business they're in.”
Christopher Shays