12Oct05

Tough times require tough attitudes, from I WAS A SOVIET GUERRILLA, by Leo Heiman:

"After showing us how to strip the rifle and reassemble it after cl eaning, a Russian, named Lionka, declared that a rifle was a partisan's best friend and, indeed, his whole family: 'You sleep with your rifle,' he said, 'as you sleep with your wife. You treat it with respect, as you treat your parents , and you care for it, as you care for your children. In return, you get all the service you need.

Try to put a rifle aside when you sleep, and you'll wake up only to find it

stolen. Try to handle it without respect, and it will shoot you accidentall y! Fail to clean it, and it will jam at a critical moment when only shooting can save your life.

Remember lads, never eat or sleep without your rifle at your side!' "

Comment: The world is cascading, headlong, toward exciting times, once more . Tough men, with the correct attitude toward their weapons and other critical gear, will live through it. Grasseaters will not!

Tough attitudes must be acquired during training. Soft, sterile, =80 let's pretend" training will not produce tough people who know how to use, and live with, deadly weapons. What is "too dangerous" to do routine ly during training, is indeed too dangerous to do at all!

/John