A couple of months ago I was present at quite a colourful conversation between two commanders of the kind who worked their way up from the ranks, who had strong opinions about the kind of commanders who attend officer school and go straight from there to command positions. The latter dish out unfulfillable orders to servicemen like Bohdan.
An old saying over here, which applies to a variety of situations, is: "Chi non sa fare non sa comandare", i.e. Those who don't know how to do it, don't know how to give orders to do it. (A rare instance in which my language turns out to be more laconic than English)
Good reporting as always Anna, thank you.
O: "One last thing I want to say… war is complete nonsense".
B: "it’s terrifying. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone".
Once a wise man said: "Imagine that they were doing a war and nobody went".
These two soldiers are likely to be sent back into the fight, under orders by superiors who are not even right there to see how it is.
A couple of months ago I was present at quite a colourful conversation between two commanders of the kind who worked their way up from the ranks, who had strong opinions about the kind of commanders who attend officer school and go straight from there to command positions. The latter dish out unfulfillable orders to servicemen like Bohdan.
An old saying over here, which applies to a variety of situations, is: "Chi non sa fare non sa comandare", i.e. Those who don't know how to do it, don't know how to give orders to do it. (A rare instance in which my language turns out to be more laconic than English)
Whenever you hear from soliders you always wonder how anyone could possibly survive what they go through.
Yes, every time.