Global war is a clash of systems, not just battalions biffing one another in some godforsaken forest. Rick Atkinson More Quotes by Rick Atkinson More Quotes From Rick Atkinson I think I may try and write something about my pretty extraordinary experience with the 101st in Iraq. Rick Atkinson pretty try think experience That was a pretty fine Army that we had in 1965. By 1973, it was in tatters. It was a disgrace to the country and to itself, to its own heritage, really. So it's, you know, the Army belongs to all 307 million of us. It is our common possession, it's our common heritage. As goes the Army, so goes the republic. Rick Atkinson you heritage army country