:43:05
- The man's mad, eh?
- No, he's not, sir.
:43:08
Working his ticket.
Put him somewhere, he might cop one.
:43:11
- I want to fight.
- Good lad.
:43:15
Is that a linear belt? It's very nice.
:43:19
Yes, well. Put some clothes on
and we'll see, eh?
:43:25
Ah! This damn sand.
When will it ever end?
:43:32
You see, the thing about fighting
a desert war is that it is a clean war.
:43:37
Without brutality. Clean-limbed, without
dishonourable actions on either side.
:43:42
Number 18, concerning the weather.
:43:46
What wretched, filthy, glorious,
disappointing weather we are having.
:43:53
And there are no civilians in the desert.
Except me. I'm a civilian.
:44:01
But what am I then?
:44:04
Well, try as I may, I can't see you
queuing for a number eight bus,
:44:09
jingling your fourpence.
:44:12
That's because I'm German.
:44:23
I think you are a civilian.
:44:25
Yes, certainly I am.
Don't be put off by the clothes we wear.
:44:28
We only wear these for fighting in.
:44:31
I expect I've grown out
of my Harris tweeds by now.
:44:34
Putting it that way, I think we all are.
:44:38
Yes, I think underneath
we are all blameless.
:44:44
- Hey, Franz, you are a civilian.
- A civilian?
:44:50
"Thank Christ for that" he said,
laying down his rifle and going home,
:44:54
so helping to perpetuate the dangerous
myth that soldiers don't like war.
:44:59
Which they do.