[wordup] Quotation of the day for April 10, 2003

[Adam Shand]

Via: The Eristocracy <Eristocracy at merrymeet.com>

Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 05:55:05 -0400
From: quotationoftheday_request at yahoo.ca (Quotation of the day editor)

"I know men who have taken life needlessly in other conflicts.  They 
live with the mark of Cain upon them.  If someone surrenders to you, 
then remember they have that right in international law, and ensure that 
one day they go home to their family.  If there are casualties of war, 
then remember, when they woke up and got dressed in the morning they did 
not plan to die this day.  Allow them dignity in death.  Bury them 
properly, and mark their graves.  You will be shunned unless your 
conduct is of the highest, for your deeds will follow you down history. 
  Iraq is steeped in history.  It is the site of the Garden of Eden, of 
the Great Flood, and the birth of Abraham. Tread lightly there.  You 
will have to go a long way to find a more decent, generous, and upright 
people than the Iraqis.  You will be embarrassed by their hospitality, 
even though they have nothing. Let's leave Iraq a better place for us 
having been there."

- Lieutenant-Colonel Tim Collins of the Royal Irish battle group,
   instructing his troops in Iraq, quoted in the Globe and Mail.

Submitted by: Duffy O'Craven
Mar. 28, 2003
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