Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
The British Lion Squealed Once....guess it will squeal again!!!
Friday, March 23, 2007
Image:The HMS Cornwall.
Remember this :Iran parades captured and blindfolded sailors on TV by Richard Norton-Taylor Wednesday June 23, 2004 from the The Guardian. The government's attempts to resolve a deepening diplomatic row with Iran over the capture of British sailors and marines were poised on a knife edge last night after a day in which two of the men appeared in blindfolds on Iranian television and apologised for entering the country's territorial waters. The British Lion did not roar, it actually squealed, "Our team of three boats and eight crew entered Iranian waters by mistake. We apologise because this was a big mistake," one of the men, who identified himself as Sergeant Thomas Hawkins of the Royal Marines, said, according to a translation of the Arabic voice-over provided by al-Alam satellite television news channel. Read the whole thing here.
The latest Friday, 23 March 2007, 13:31 GMT ,UK sailors captured at gunpoint. Fifteen British Navy personnel have been captured at gunpoint by Iranian forces, the Ministry of Defence says.The men were seized at 1030 local time when they boarded a boat in the Gulf, off the coast of Iraq, which they suspected was smuggling cars.The BBC's diplomatic correspondent James Robbins said the difference this time, and a cause of concern, is that the present Iranian government under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was much more hardline.In full, the latest on the captured British Lion !!
They actually capitulated to the Iranians, with the firepower available to them. They could have easily repulsed the Iranians. They choose to play mousey, "The publication Ships of the Royal Navy describes the historical role of frigates as "the eyes and the ears of the Royal Navy's main battle fleets."It says: "HMS Cornwall is equally capable of attacking targets in the air, on the surface, or beneath the sea, and is also a well-defended vessel." Description of the ship from whence the captured crew came from.