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Philip Caputo Quotes

War - the ordinary man’s most convenient means of escaping from the ordinary Picture Quote #1

War, the ordinary man’s most convenient means of escaping from the ordinary Picture Quote #1

In wartime, the degree of patriotism is directly proportional to distance from the front Picture Quote #1

I guess every generation is doomed to fight its war... suffer the loss of the same old illusions, and learn the same old lessons on its own Picture Quote #1

There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb Picture Quote #1

Belief is a virus, and once it gets into you, its first order of business is to preserve itself, and the way it preserves itself is to keep you from having any doubts, and the way it keeps you from doubting is to blind you to the way things really are. Evidence contrary to the belief can be staring you straight in the face, and you won’t see it... True believers just don’t see things the way they are, because if they did, they wouldn’t be true believers anymore Picture Quote #1

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It’s paradoxical that the death of your quarry is besides the point and at the same time the whole point. A chase without a kill as its object is like a journey without a destination; a kill without a chase employing all the hunter’s craft is killing, not hunting Picture Quote #1

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War - the ordinary man’s most convenient means of escaping from the ordinary (Philip Caputo Quotes) War, the ordinary man’s most convenient means of escaping from the ordinary (Philip Caputo Quotes) In wartime, the degree of patriotism is directly proportional to distance from the front (Philip Caputo Quotes) I guess every generation is doomed to fight its war... suffer the loss of the same old illusions, and learn the same old lessons on its own (Philip Caputo Quotes) There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb (Philip Caputo Quotes) Belief is a virus, and once it gets into you, its first order of business is to preserve itself, and the way it preserves itself is to keep you from having any doubts, and the way it keeps you from doubting is to blind you to the way things really are. Evidence contrary to the belief can be staring you straight in the face, and you won’t see it... True believers just don’t see things the way they are, because if they did, they wouldn’t be true believers anymore (Philip Caputo Quotes) It’s paradoxical that the death of your quarry is besides the point and at the same time the whole point. A chase without a kill as its object is like a journey without a destination; a kill without a chase employing all the hunter’s craft is killing, not hunting (Philip Caputo Quotes)