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> [In a guerrilla war, the line between legitimate and illegitimate killing is blurred. The policies of free-fire zones, in which a soldier is permitted to shoot at any human target, armed or unarmed, further confuse the fighting man's moral senses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/in-a-guerrilla-war-the-line-between-legitimate-and-illegitimate/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

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## More by Philip Caputo

> [Being a correspondent at the Vietnam war for me was about exposing myself to danger but it wasn't completely self-serving. I felt that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/being-a-correspondent-at-the-vietnam-war-for-me-was-about-exposing/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [I'm a Midwesterner by birth, and when I traveled there, when I was young, most of the small towns were thriving, vibrant places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/i-m-a-midwesterner-by-birth-and-when-i-traveled-there-when-i-was/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [You're going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American boy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/you-re-going-to-learn-that-one-of-the-most-brutal-things-in-the-world/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [ “I really believe that when we start talking ourselves back, we'll have more to offer the world." he \[Woodenkinfe\] said. "I don't want a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/i-really-believe-that-when-we-start-talking-ourselves-back-we-ll-have/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [“The essence of the Marine Corps experience, I decided, was pain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/the-essence-of-the-marine-corps-experience-i-decided-was-pain/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [“Directly overhead the Milky Way was as distinct as a highway across the sky. The constellations shown brilliantly, except the north, where they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/directly-overhead-the-milky-way-was-as-distinct-as-a-highway-across/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [War, the ordinary man's most convenient means of escaping from the ordinary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/war-the-ordinary-man-s-most-convenient-means-of-escaping-from-the/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/there-is-the-guilt-all-soldiers-feel-for-having-broken-the-taboo/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [Belief is a virus, and once it gets into you, its first order of business is to preserve itself, and the way it preserves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/belief-is-a-virus-and-once-it-gets-into-you-its-first-order-of/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [“Before you leave here, Sir, you’re going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/before-you-leave-here-sir-you-re-going-to-learn-that-one-of-the-most/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [In a guerrilla war, the line between legitimate and illegitimate killing is blurred. The policies of free-fire zones, in which a soldier is permitted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/in-a-guerrilla-war-the-line-between-legitimate-and-illegitimate/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [It’s paradoxical that the death of your quarry is besides the point and at the same time the whole point. A chase without a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/it-s-paradoxical-that-the-death-of-your-quarry-is-besides-the-point/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [I guess every generation is doomed to fight its war...suffer the loss of the same old illusions, and learn the same old lessons on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/i-guess-every-generation-is-doomed-to-fight-its-war-suffer-the-loss/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [“Ten days passed, ten days of total idleness. The novelty of our surroundings wore off and the battalion began to suffer from a spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/ten-days-passed-ten-days-of-total-idleness-the-novelty-of-our/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

> [“Fitzhugh wasn’t immune to the desire that’s in most people to spray graffiti on the cold rock of the world and say “I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-caputo/fitzhugh-wasn-t-immune-to-the-desire-that-s-in-most-people-to-spray/)

[Philip Caputo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-caputo/)

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