Phantom Leader Quotes

“Vietnamese probed him for anti-white and hence anti-American sentiments. He made it abundantly clear he came from a country that believed in meritocracy. White or black, work your ass off and you will profit.”
― Mark Berent, Phantom Leader

“We're the richest nation in the world and everybody wants what we've got. And the minute we look soft, the would-be aggressors will go wild.”
― Mark Berent, Phantom Leader

“grunts don't sing, they grunt. That's why they're called grunts.”
― Mark Berent, Phantom Leader

“life is just a hand job.”
― Mark Berent, Phantom Leader

“There are those who build, those who teach or heal, those who research how to do things better. But I am a soldier. A soldier protects people. A soldier enforces laws. A soldier stands guard over what he believes in, sometimes alone when his only fuel is from his faith in himself. He trusts his judgment that his fellow soldier, his leader, his country and his country's cause is just and fair and deserving of his faith.”
― Mark Berent, Phantom Leader

“The act of killing is not a good thing. God did not put us on this earth to kill each other," he said slowly as he searched for the words. "But sometimes it has to be done.”
― Mark Berent, Phantom Leader

“Ever since a newsman made up the quote (some said it was some guy named Dan Rather) from a Marine about a village, "We had to destroy it to save it," the Marines were very touchy.”
― Mark Berent, Phantom Leader

“One is the feeling that no matter how hard we--I and my buddies--try to win this damn war, or even just fight it properly, we're held back. Or we're on the edge of a court-martial for treading too close to the edge of the rule book. That makes us feel kind of abandoned, like our own government doesn't support us, maybe even doesn't like us very much. By 'us' I mean all the Gis over here,”
― Mark Berent, Phantom Leader