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."
British court dispels the myth that the riots are all about social inequality
Friday, August 12, 2011
(London) Today in London, the first court cases regarding the riots have taken place. And for all the hype over how social inequality is the primary reason why black youths have been rioting, the social status of the idiots in the dock tells a totally different story.
Take for example 31-year-old Alexis Bailey from Battersea, South London. Not only did he have to travel over 10 miles in which to riot and loot in North London, but instead of being a poor disenfranchised youth, it transpires he's a school teacher. Outside court he hid his face with a newspaper while throwing obscenities at the waiting TV camera crews.
Next was Haramein Mohammed, a convicted drug dealer who was only released from prison last week. Then there was a postman and father of two Jeffrey Ebanks, 32, charged with looting in Croydon. And I'll finish (just far too many to list) with student Samon Adesina, 23, who was remanded in custody for a week after allegedly being one of several looters who stole a flat-screen TV from a shopping centre in Surrey Quays. The court heard he thought there were 'free pickings' at the store. He will miss his final year at the university in electrical engineering because he is in custody.
Hardly the picture of the poor taking to the streets in which to protest social inequalities.Hat tip: Eye On The World
