If a rocket screams across the darkness, the counterinsurgent can hunc…

If a rocket screams across the darkness, the counterinsurgent can hunched down in his slit trench and pray that the glowing green ball with a sound like a steam locomotive will land on somebody else instead. Prayer probably won’t help, any more than it’ll stop the rain or make the mosquitoes stop biting. But nothing else will help either.

David Drake Carolinian

Source

Introduction: It’s a Lot Like War (no page number)

work: Men Hunting Things (1988)
year: 1988

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“If a rocket screams across the darkness, the counterinsurgen…” David Drake. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-A9CD029BE6. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/a9cd029be6

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