Walt Kelly (1913-1973) was a cartoonist who wrote "Pogo". Pogo paraphrased Commodore Perry's famous quote from the war of 1812, "...we have met the enemy, and he is ours..."; In 1953, Pogo said, "...we have met the enemy, and he is us..."
Pogo Possum.
Well, obviously he meant that the enemy had surrendered their ships.
Oliver Hazard Perry - [CAM]
"We have met the enemy and they are ours. "
Because the US and USSR shared a common enemy. Germany invaded the USSR in June, 1941, and in December, 1941 Germany declared war on the US. My enemy's enemy is my friend.
Then team up with your enemy to fight your other enemy, then go back to being enemies with your first enemy. This almost worked for Nazi Germany but they ended up fighting a two-front war after they double-crossed the Soviets in World War II.
"We have met the enemy and he is us."
No, Walt Kelly had his cartoon character, Pogo the possum, say, "We have met the enemy and he is us."
"We have met the enemy and they are ours."
Well, obviously he meant that the enemy had surrendered their ships.
Oliver Hazard Perry - [CAM]
A comic strip character named Pogo. The actual quote is: "We have met the enemy and he is us". Pogo author, Walt Kelly, first used the quote on a poster for Earth Day in 1970. For more info, visit www.igopogo.com/we_have_met.htm.
The US often underestimated their enemy.
Cassius
Demise at the enemy's hands bascially means that someone or something was killed or destroyed by their/its enemy. For example, the soldier met his demise at the enemy's hands, or the soldier met his demise at the hands of his enemy.
This remark originally appeared in the introduction to a POGO book, where Walt Kelly paraphrases Oliver Hazard Perry's famous dispatch after having won the battle of Lake Erie: "We have met the enemy and he is ours." Kelly writes "We have met the enemy, and not only is he ours, he may be us." Kelly loved to recycle his jokes, so the idea reappeared many times, including as the title to one of the later POGO books.Answer:The original statement was "we have found the eneny and he is us". It came from a newspaper cartoon written by Walt Kelly. and was said by Pogo, and oppossum to his buddies who were an alligator and an owl. can't remember the name of the cartoon. Answer:The Quote is correctly "We have found the enemy and he are us" said by POGO in the comic strip of the same name. Albert was the name of the alligator. Answer:The correct quote (I'm looking at the cartoon drawing) is: "WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US" all caps.It is set in the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia:Pogo ....................... possumAlbert ....................... alligatorHowland ................... owlChurchy la Femme .... turtlePorky Pine ................ porcupineBeauregard .............. hound dogFremont ................... bugYou see I'm a 70 year old American and have been taking advice and direction from POGO for years. The older I get the wiser POGO seems to get. I believe he must be a descendent of a Roman philosopher. The Romans didn't listen to them either.****Note: The ORIGINAL was first published in 1950-1951 in a book by that title: We have met the enemy and he is us. The book was a political tome' in protest about pollution.
don't you get it? Lets say you have an enemy, and your friend has to hate that person too, so the enemy of your enemy is your friend!
There is no enemy for the people of a country. if they are said that they have, the enemy is the one who makes them believe it.