Military Tactics Thinker Gifts

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

"I think someone's trying to play games with us."

'General, please hire large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny.'

'Why don't you leave the planning of our wedding to me?'

'I gotta bad feeling about this.'

The Use of Cavalry

"What do you suppose Ken Burns will have to say about all this in 30 years?"

'Steady,...not yet,...hold your positions.'

"I advise a slow, steady stream of lawsuits to weaken your enemies resistance. We call it time release litigation."

"They have special forces, but we have policy reports!"

"Let's do exactly what these pundits in the halftime report said we should do. If we lose, we'll blame them!"

'Sure, we kill a few innocent people with drones, but think how many innocent people die in auto accidents.'

'Bugger! My brain's just pulled a hammy.'

"Call it wishful thinking, but I don't think this peace will last. . . ."

"Close-order drill! Everybody fall in!"

"I said it was time to send in the DRAGOONS!"

The USA football team goes on the offensive.

"War, J.B. is the continuation of business by other means."

The Sinking of the Moskva

"The answer isn't more troops—what you need is an antibiotic."

Grim Reaper and the 7th

Chess player painting all the pieces his colour.

'FIRE A... warning shot across her bow.'

"We're fighting them in zone A, they're our allies in zone B, and we don't know what to do in zone C."

'I think this is a bit over the top.'

Afghanistan 2001 and 2021

'Ever have one of those days where nothing seems to go right?'

For the War Inventions Board: The Shell-diverter for returning the enemy's fire.

For the War Inventions Board. The Hot-bottler for Warming high-landers' Legs after a Night in the Trenches.

Kamakasi pilot instructor

'And that's the quickest way out of the car park after the game.'

"Whose great idea was the four four two formation."

"They're sending in a camouflage unit!"

Next Terrifying Military Threats

"They appear to be opting for the circled-wagons defense."