Quote Originally Posted by pendell View Post
To quote Michael Sharra in his book Killer Angels , 'To be a good officer, you must love the army ... but you must also be willing to order the death of the thing you love ... and that is why there are few good officers, although there are many good men'.

I think Parson isn't going to be able to look himself in a mirror ever again when this day is done. The things he will have to do ...

He knows this. But he'll still do it anyway.

Because he's ruthless.

Respectfully,

Brian P.
I had always heard that quote attributed to Robert E. Lee.