Warfare Gifts

'I have no time to see a salesman, I've got a battle to fight.'

'I don't think you completely grasp the situation here, Francois...'

'...Wait a moment, I need to review my exit strategy.'

'The battle for hearts and minds was proving too difficult, so I thought we'd just make do with heads.'

Horseback.

'Change - yes, but is now really the moment to be discussing change?'

'So, what do you want to talk about?'

'Perhaps we should have attended the negotiating skills seminar.'

'You idiot! Two is aim, three is fire!'

"Hey!! Look!!!"

'I laugh in the face of danger.'

"There are plenty of domestic issues that need to be addressed."

The Use of Cavalry

'But occasionally, there's some accidental collateral damage.'

"Someday man will find a peaceful use for my machines."

"It doesn't get any better than this."

"They've deployed their new missile defense system."

Siege of Charleston - Sinking of Monitor USS Weehawken in High Seas

Men on horseback discussing war

'Seems like we've a long night ahead of us.'

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

"Is it true, Grandpa? When you were a kid, were WMDs really called 'nukes'?"

Archers.

'I hope that's olive oil. More healthy.'

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

Putin and Zelensky

"Do we really have to pause for every food delivery?"

"It's blank because we haven't found a new war yet."

"There's got to be a better way to do this."

"When your only tool is a trebuchet, every problem looks like a siege."

"See? That's how it starts, with the sniffles."

"Did I Remember To Close The Drawbridge?"

"Say! While I'm off in the Holy Land, why don't you find a little crusade of some kind that interests you?"

Attila the Horizontally Mobile

"Late summer to early fall - that's my favorite time of year."