God Speed
No one can predict, with 100 percent accuracy, when the war will begin, how the war will go, nor what will happen after it ends. But these things I do know.
We will go to war - only the time is yet to be revealed. And if anything, when the attack comes, after all the delays in the United Nations, it may be past the optimum date of readiness.
All organizations can hold the fine edge of optimum readiness for only a short time. Once they reach that state, things soon begin to cause a reduction in readiness.
Some are psychological. People can not stay 100 attentive to a task forever. They have to stop and do something else, otherwise, the mind wanders. Mistakes are made. The mind can become overloaded at a heightened sense of awareness.
Some are operational. Men and their machines need maintenance. Engines need to be torn down and serviced. Gun barrels have to be replaced.
People need rest. The adrenal system was not designed to stay on alert for long periods of time. It was built for three responses - fight, flight or stand down. If it's at the fight or flight mode for too long the body begins to break down.
I wish we weren't going to war but if it is to be war, I wish it to be done as quickly and safely as possible. To our troops, wherever they may be, God speed and may the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Moses bless America.