But I wondered, how would I feel about killing someone? Now I know. It’s no big deal.

If you hate the war, that’s fine. But you should still support the troops. They don’t get to pick where they’re deployed. They just gave the American people a blank check for anything up to and including the value of their lives, and the least everyone else can do is be thankful. Buy them dinner. Mow their yard. Bake them cookies.

The rules are drawn up by lawyers who are trying to protect the admirals and generals from the politicians; they’re not written by people who are worried about the guys on the ground getting shot.

None of my problems come from the people I've killed.

It's not a problem taking out someone who wants your people dead. That's not a problem at all.

Decades of Saddam’s rule made what could have been a fairly rich country, due to its oil reserves, into a very poor one.

Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.