The battle for hearts and minds

Thus spake Simon R. Hughes:
[nq:1]English usage along the lines of "you have to destroy the village to save them": "With a heavy dose of ... projects, I think we can convince these people that we are here to help them" Lt. Col. Nathan Sassaman[/nq]
Sent that before I gave the reference:

Simon R. Hughes

[nq:1]English usage along the lines of "you have to destroy the village to save them": "With a heavy dose of ... projects, I think we can convince these people that we are here to help them" Lt. Col. Nathan Sassaman[/nq]
Someone had sent that quote to me in email this morning. Let's hope he's embarrassed for many reasons.

Dena Jo
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[nq:2]English usage along the lines of "you have to destroy ... are here to help them" Lt. Col. Nathan Sassaman[/nq]
[nq:1]Someone had sent that quote to me in email this morning. Let's hope he's embarrassed for many reasons.[/nq]
"Grab 'em by the ***** and their hearts and minds will follow" Anon (I think) US officer in Vietnam

On 7 Dec 2003 16:34:20 GMT, Dena Jo
[nq:2]English usage along the lines of "you have to destroy ... are here to help them" Lt. Col. Nathan Sassaman[/nq]
[nq:1]Someone had sent that quote to me in email this morning. Let's hope he's embarrassed for many reasons.[/nq]
The context, of course, is Iraq, but it seems to fit the Bush agenda for the USA equally as well.
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[nq:1]The context, of course, is Iraq, but it seems to fit the Bush agenda for the USA equally as well.[/nq]
ObAUE: That "equally as well" looks strange to me. I think that "equally well" or "as well" would have been better.

Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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[nq:2]The context, of course, is Iraq, but it seems to fit the Bush agenda for the USA equally as well.[/nq]
[nq:1]ObAUE: That "equally as well" looks strange to me. I think that "equally well" or "as well" would have been better.[/nq]
Google favors "equally well" so I'll go with that, although "as well" seems to my ear to have a slightly diferent feel, in the line of "in addition" rather

[nq:2]Someone had sent that quote to me in email this morning. Let's hope he's embarrassed for many reasons.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Grab 'em by the ***** and their hearts and minds will follow" Anon (I think) US officer in Vietnam[/nq]
'OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH
THE TROOPS
TRY OUR FRESH TENDER
HOME COOKED TURTLE'
Illuminated sign in Canton, Illinois
(photo in latest Granta)

Mi

[nq:2]Someone had sent that quote to me in email this morning. Let's hope he's embarrassed for many reasons.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Grab 'em by the ***** and their hearts and minds will follow" Anon (I think) US officer in VietnamChuck ... Generals George S Patton and William Westmoreland, and to John Wayne. No idea which (if any) is the original, though.[/nq]
Cheers - Ian

Mickwick filted:
[nq:1]'OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH THE TROOPS TRY OUR FRESH TENDER HOME COOKED TURTLE' Illuminated sign in Canton, Illinois (photo in latest Granta)[/nq]
Finally, someone who understands what America is really all about..r

[nq:1]"Grab 'em by the ***** and their hearts and minds will follow" Anon (I think) US officer in Vietnam[/nq]
Well before Vietnam, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover ("Father of the Nuclear Navy") was using it as the motto of his organization, but in Latin: "Orchides fortem trahite, cordes et mentes veniant." I have never checked the accuracy of the translation; too much work for one whose Latin is as