Peter Van Uhm, defense chief for the Netherlands, explains to an audience of his elite countrymen, why he chose, instead of a brush, a camera, or a pen to make a career as a solider:
“…not to shoot, not to kill, not to destroy, but to stop those who would do evil, to protect the vulnerable, to defend democratic values, to stand up for the freedom we have to talk … about how we can make the world a better place.”
Why, in other words, peoples who want peace need armies. His 17 minute talk, calm and persuasive, is here.
Via Michael Yon.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 