Frankly, I’d like to see the government get ouf of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.

There was only one catch, and that was Catch-22 which specified that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All her had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions nad same if he didn’t, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them then he was crazy and didn’t have to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.

“That’s some catch, that Catch-22,” he observed.

“It’s the best there is,” Doc Daneeka agreed.

Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.