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RosieG

"We have met the enemy and they are ours". "I have not yet begun to fight". "Veni vidi vici". Sources?


During the war of 1812 Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry said "We have met the enemy and they are ours"

John Paul Jones said "I have not yet begun to fight"

Julius Caesar said "I came I saw I conquered"

 
A 1970 poster said

"We have met the enemy and they is us"

Walt Kelly of POGO fame picked up on it and incorporated it into a cartoon.


From the beginning of time homo saps are their own worst enemies it seems

Most emphatically shown now during the reign of terror of a man called chump.

The more things change the more they stay same. SIGH.

Someone somewhere said "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes".

Which is your favorite among those I've listed and are there any others you wish to submit for our consideration in the Twilight Zone?

Posted - August 24, 2019
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  • 44722
    "When you come to a fork in the road...take it." A wise Yogi said it.
      August 25, 2019 8:52 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Was the Yogi Berra? Thank you for your reply E and Happy Sunday to thee! :)
      August 25, 2019 10:12 AM MDT
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