Showing posts with label Strait of Hormuz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Strait of Hormuz. Show all posts

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Regarding "rising tensions in the Gulf"

Pearl of wisdom from a Union private crossing the Rappahannock into Fredericksburg, December 1862:

Shit! They want us to get in. Getting out won't be quite so smart and easy. You'll see.

Apparently Shelby Foote's The Civil War: A Narrative hasn't worked its way into US naval doctrine yet.
Enhanced by Zemanta