Tactician Gifts

"Look, I'd like to avoid overkill, but not at the risk of underkill."

The Use of Cavalry

War never felt the same after the Great Puppy Ambush.

"Can we get more salt shakers to represent the enemy scum?"

"Now we have all your arrows!"

Beige Ops

Confusing the Enemy's Sense of Direction

"General, can't we just convince the insurgents to become exsurgents?"

'You and whose army?'

'He was a brilliant strategist but not much of a horseman.'

Kosovo.

'With your permission sir... checkmate.'

"My hackers just collapsed your country's economy."

"Well I didn't see the incident myself.."

A military officer sits at his desk with desk trays marked 'Search' and 'Destroy.'

'So far, sir, we've rejected plans A,B, C, D, E, F, and right now we're evaluating'G'.'

"So this is it...the first day of the new school year. I guess studying, tests and report cards are still the hot things around here."

Football.

"Miss. Wilcox, get me the coast."

"I know I told you to fool him into thinking you've got nothing left, but now you've got me convinced."

'What else do you have going for you besides being aggressive?'

"I try to get a head start on them."

'Thank you colonel we'll keep your strategy in mind.'

'Do what I did. Tell your mother you want a pet snake. Then she'll get you a dog.'

'Quick! Play dead!'

'Hurry, hurry! What's he saying?'

'Your resume is very creative. It's all a crock."

"Your resume says you specialize in field work."

No Tread on Me

'Cap'n, why's the enemy fire so accurate after we deployed the smoke screen?'

'We want the kids to buy it so we can't play up the fact that it's educational in nature.'

'We will need a standard resume in addition to this beautiful needlepoint recommendation from your mother.'

"No self-aggrandizement anywhere. And you call yourself an applicant?"

"By God, you're not a man who's afraid to fail."

"The play date's breaking up early due to creative differences."